tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23245010992162983272024-03-08T05:34:04.708-06:00The Common CuratorTending the Cultural Commons Past, Present, and FutureDaniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.comBlogger644125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-48840102631473450022023-03-04T15:54:00.001-06:002023-03-04T15:55:19.016-06:00Infinite Weave: Public Space One Art Auction<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZtUZt0QHtvSFqZtVTSgyB6viZjGj4GjnmfSOPLKGy8dr1HVlf_KGEoCdGpZ1b2nNOsYOsxuP0dzcxWdC_WYauhiHtpMUFHqDdoFqZymk-mn8Tnp44Ta1YLaTUcIxuxq23UfDG_0N0l_-Fkh6AkTzBGxrexcSMds_bIp7GAh1H0vs8go0NykEqVZA/s480/Infinite%20Weave%20--%20Public%20Space%20One%20Art%20Auction%202023.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZtUZt0QHtvSFqZtVTSgyB6viZjGj4GjnmfSOPLKGy8dr1HVlf_KGEoCdGpZ1b2nNOsYOsxuP0dzcxWdC_WYauhiHtpMUFHqDdoFqZymk-mn8Tnp44Ta1YLaTUcIxuxq23UfDG_0N0l_-Fkh6AkTzBGxrexcSMds_bIp7GAh1H0vs8go0NykEqVZA/s16000/Infinite%20Weave%20--%20Public%20Space%20One%20Art%20Auction%202023.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://www.publicspaceone.com/events/infinite-weave" target="_blank">Infinite Weave</a> is the theme for this year's fundraising auction sponsored by <a href="http://www.publicspaceone.com/" target="_blank">Public Space One</a> (PS1), an artist-led, community-driven arts organization based in Iowa City, Iowa. <a href="https://www.biddingowl.com/Auction/index.cfm?auctionID=20256" target="_blank">Bidding is entirely online</a> and runs through Saturday, March 11, 2023. The works of over 80 artists are represented, including "<a href="https://www.biddingowl.com/Auction/item-detail.cfm?auctionID=20256&ItemID=1312049&viewType=1&style=1&font=0&catName=Painting%20and%20Mixed%20Media" target="_blank">The Plasticity of Persistence</a>" by the Common Curator. See the <a href="https://www.publicspaceone.com/events/infinite-weave">PS1 site</a> for full details. <p></p>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-83692515432569129402023-01-01T09:44:00.000-06:002023-01-01T09:44:04.160-06:0001.01.23<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8F0mGzi2NMVi0_8G3S3-NUQ-twL3w4cqxUr_HS9rbJnrFV1JeRaAyY1uYDaGch5efEBCNPAMBXErkXyAb4-TXOgUdmRnT4UKTWwwVGfU_k91mOMBSaIB_WkU8PnNm71PPmIgybyYLGMI8SaGm4p5AZA9JQtI5Y4SaGmL0gDkJaFl7bY8aWOhhZZxr/s480/New%20Year%202023%20blue.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8F0mGzi2NMVi0_8G3S3-NUQ-twL3w4cqxUr_HS9rbJnrFV1JeRaAyY1uYDaGch5efEBCNPAMBXErkXyAb4-TXOgUdmRnT4UKTWwwVGfU_k91mOMBSaIB_WkU8PnNm71PPmIgybyYLGMI8SaGm4p5AZA9JQtI5Y4SaGmL0gDkJaFl7bY8aWOhhZZxr/s16000/New%20Year%202023%20blue.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-25357331153418500482022-12-16T21:48:00.000-06:002022-12-16T21:48:35.069-06:00Scorpio Rising, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, and Pariah Among 2022 Cohort Selected for the National Film Registry<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xcv13RTJ248" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Established by the </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;">National Film Preservation Act of 1988</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, the </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/about-this-program/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">National Film Preservation Board</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> is an advisory body for the Librarian of Congress. The Board helps shape national film preservation planning policy, and also recommends films for the </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">National Film Registry</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Chosen for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance, the </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #bb213b; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/25-eclectic-films-chosen-for-national-film-registry/s/8c41f7a1-b9d9-4f9e-b252-4795b73a4aaf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #39336e; text-decoration-line: none;">Board's 25 annual selections for 20</span><span style="color: #bb213b;">2</span>2</a></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> cover a wide gamut of genres and time periods, from such early films as the <i>Mardi Gras Carnival </i>and <i>Cab Calloway Home Movies </i></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">to such later works as<span style="background-color: transparent;"><i> Mingus</i></span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> and</span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Pariah</i><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">. The full list for 2022 is as follows:</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">2010s</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-size: 14px;">Pariah (2011)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-size: 14px;"><b>2000s</b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-size: 14px;">Iron Man (2008)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;">1990s</span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">House Party (1990)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><b>1980s</b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">When Harry Met Sally (1989)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tongues Untied (1989)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Little Mermaid (1989)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hairspray (1988)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Itam Hakim, Hopiit (1984)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span><b>1970s</b></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bush Mama (1979)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Word Is Out: Stories of Our Lives (1977)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Union Maids (1976)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Carrie (1976)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Attica (1974)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Super Fly (1972)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Betty Tells Her Story (1972)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Manzanar (1971)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </b></span><b style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><b>1960s</b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Mingus (1968)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Titicut Follies (1967)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Behind Every Good Man (196)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Scorpio Rising (1963)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Charade (1963)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><b>1950s</b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-size: 14px;"><b>1940s</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Cab Calloway Home Movies (1948-1951)</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333;"> </span></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-size: 14px;"><b>1890s</b></span></div><div><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-size: 14px;">Mardi Gras Carnival (1898)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></div></div><div style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">Further information on the Registry can be found on the Library of Congress' </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">web site</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">. All 850 films selected for the Registry since 1989 can also be </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">browsed online</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">. In addition, the public is encouraged to </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">make nominations</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;"> for next year's selections to the National Film Registry.</span></div></div></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-56584813670612796382022-05-24T12:29:00.000-05:002022-05-24T12:29:37.976-05:00The Unburnable Book<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zpsMsAMY4eM" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>
<p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">To support free expression and fight censorship, author Margaret Atwood has joined forces with Penguin Random House and others to produce an unburnable version of</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://unburnablebook.com/&source=gmail&ust=1653498945102000&usg=AOvVaw2_T63g7fCHVc4jrAfTjh2O" href="https://unburnablebook.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Handmaid's Tale</a></i><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">, which is now being</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-unburnable-book/margaret-atwood-the-unburnable-book&source=gmail&ust=1653498945102000&usg=AOvVaw1MVIXFpr1uvncgEo1lvHIY" href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-unburnable-book/margaret-atwood-the-unburnable-book" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">auctioned by Sotheby's</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">. All proceeds go to benefit</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pen.org/margaret-atwood-unveils-fireproof-copy-of-bestseller-the-handmaids-tale-to-be-auctioned-by-sothebys-in-support-of-pen-america/&source=gmail&ust=1653498945102000&usg=AOvVaw1w9t2TXyzbSUTyqVwvwy4b" href="https://pen.org/margaret-atwood-unveils-fireproof-copy-of-bestseller-the-handmaids-tale-to-be-auctioned-by-sothebys-in-support-of-pen-america/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">PEN America</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">. The current bid is $42,000, and the auction closes June 7, 2022. </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div>Here are the <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/the-unburnable-book/margaret-atwood-the-unburnable-book" target="_blank">technical specifications</a> for the highly engineered edition of one: </div><div><br /></div></div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div dir="ltr">8vo. Printed on black-and-white-coated aluminum Cinefoils, used in film production to wrap hot lights, which are stable to 660°C/1220°F, textblock hand-sewn with nickel wire, often used in electrical components, which is stable to 1400°C/2,600°F, head and tail bands are woven stainless steel, used in aerospace manufacturing, which are stable up to 1530°C/2790°F. Boards 3mm phenolic sheets, used in electronics manufacturing, which are stable to 540°F/282°C, opaque white and CMYK printing produced on an OKI five-colour digital press, with inks stable to 1200°C/2200°F. </div></blockquote><p>In the video above, Atwood is demonstrating proof of concept. Of related interest are earlier Common Curator <a href="https://commoncurator.blogspot.com/search/label/Censorship" target="_blank">posts on censorship</a>, including <a href="https://commoncurator.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-are-weapons-in-war-of-ideas.html" target="_blank">Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas</a>. </p>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-5728032458077476412022-05-01T20:26:00.005-05:002022-05-01T21:50:18.552-05:00War Is a Racket, 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHPCf9z4w5p5e5OaCMDUPXood-MB5pn22WcwJzgcT3KfgLoVsFLul8oCWcjs0nBmGyLtBXo2K8u_7n2QeXlPZ6NPaO5ZO42S_7ocDLKp3pXZzcvXNlODOs9BlEleutvE0AyITn8upG9JSM-fa11FjuX-W_JXFp_Mpj_-5nC03RLBQjHpVtD05ZoTJ/s480/War%20Is%20a%20Racket%20--%20Smedley%20Butler.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHPCf9z4w5p5e5OaCMDUPXood-MB5pn22WcwJzgcT3KfgLoVsFLul8oCWcjs0nBmGyLtBXo2K8u_7n2QeXlPZ6NPaO5ZO42S_7ocDLKp3pXZzcvXNlODOs9BlEleutvE0AyITn8upG9JSM-fa11FjuX-W_JXFp_Mpj_-5nC03RLBQjHpVtD05ZoTJ/s16000/War%20Is%20a%20Racket%20--%20Smedley%20Butler.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler" target="_blank">Major General Smedley D. Butler</a> [1881-1940], who at his death was the most highly decorated U.S. Marine in history, published the anti-war essay, "<a href="https://archive.org/details/warisaracketelectronicresourcetheantiwarclassicbyam/page/n21/mode/2up" target="_blank">War Is a Racket</a>," in 1935. Though the examples and expenditures he cites have been far surpassed in the intervening decades, his fundamental points remain salient yet today. The essay can be read <a href="https://archive.org/details/warisaracketelectronicresourcetheantiwarclassicbyam/page/n21/mode/2up">online</a> via the Internet Archive.<div><br /></div><div>The broadside above was letterpress printed by the Common Curator at the <a href="http://www.publicspaceone.com/icpc" target="_blank">Iowa City Press Co-op</a>.</div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-1687654223367427432022-04-18T20:44:00.001-05:002022-04-18T20:44:24.779-05:00President Roosevelt, Duke Ellington, Max Roach, and Wu-Tang Clan among 25 Newest Additions to National Recording Registry<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtTFTtrLNYurjZMyuOIomCfo7fhYah6ay7Nj4TyUaBVIOwxvzTw-DUznmzDs_kPMCFhGzjnLkhAlLVA3Xgix22pVf3eL-xnhJs3DesGkq4Higcpo6J7ReowBFFU2gWmcTIjcltW6d6OEpvoO-KVIQ9Q79dNVqMQjis-mlfh0tpJ-j15Ei9G18EsA_/s480/National%20Recording%20Registry%20--%20LOC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtTFTtrLNYurjZMyuOIomCfo7fhYah6ay7Nj4TyUaBVIOwxvzTw-DUznmzDs_kPMCFhGzjnLkhAlLVA3Xgix22pVf3eL-xnhJs3DesGkq4Higcpo6J7ReowBFFU2gWmcTIjcltW6d6OEpvoO-KVIQ9Q79dNVqMQjis-mlfh0tpJ-j15Ei9G18EsA_/s16000/National%20Recording%20Registry%20--%20LOC.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br />N</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">ow in its twentieth year, the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/about-this-program/" style="color: #39336e; text-decoration-line: none;">National Recording Registry</a> has grown to 600 entries with </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden having just announced 25 additional sound recordings as the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #000011;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-22-026/national-recording-registry-inducts-music-from-alicia-keys-ricky-martin-journey-and-more-in-2022/2022-04-13/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bb213b;">official entries for 2022</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, stating</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">: </span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="color: #242424;">“</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424;">The National Recording Registry reflects the diverse music and voices that have shaped our nation’s history and culture through recorded sound. The national library is proud to help preserve these recordings, and we welcome the public’s input. We received about 1,000 public nominations this year for recordings to add to the registry.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, selected recordings must be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and at least ten years old.</span></span><br style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><br style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Spanning the years 1921-2010, the <a href="https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/national-recording-registry-inducts-music-from-alicia-keys--ricky-martin--journey-and-more-in-2022/s/fee30140-0454-401c-a2a2-205298e32fb1" target="_blank">selections for this year</a> are</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> as follows:</span></span></span></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Harlem Strut” — James P. Johnson (1921)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Franklin D. Roosevelt: Complete Presidential Speeches (1933-1945)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Walking the Floor Over You” — Ernest Tubb (1941) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“On a Note of Triumph” (May 8, 1945)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Jesus Gave Me Water” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Soul Stirrers (1950) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ellington at Newport” — Duke Ellington (1956) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“We Insist!</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite” — Max Roach (1960) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Christmas Song” — Nat King Cole (1961) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Tonight’s the Night” </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Shirelles (1961) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Moon River” — Andy Williams (1962) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“In C” — Terry Riley (1968) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“It’s a Small World” — The Disneyland Boys Choir (1964) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Reach Out, I’ll Be There” — The Four Tops (1966) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;">Hank Aaron’s 715th </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit;">Career Home Run (April 8, 1974)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Bohemian Rhapsody” — Queen (1975) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Don’t Stop Believin’” — Journey (1981) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Canciones de Mi Padre” — Linda Ronstadt (1987) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Nick of Time” — Bonnie Raitt (1989) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The Low End Theory” — A Tribe Called Quest (1991) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” — Wu-Tang Clan (1993) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Buena Vista Social Club” (1997) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Livin’ La Vida Loca” — Ricky Martin (1999) (single)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Songs in A Minor” — Alicia Keys (2001) (album)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">WNYC broadcasts for the day of 9/11 (Sept. 11, 2001)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“WTF with Marc Maron” (Guest: Robin Williams) (April 26, 2010)</span></span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">The full National Recording Registry can be viewed online </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">. The Registry solicits nominations annually for inclusion on the registry; further information on the criteria and procedures for making nominations for 2022 is available at the </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/nominate/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">Registry website.</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Individuals may submit up to 50 nominations per year. </span></span></div></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-28627531991294592422022-03-06T11:40:00.000-06:002022-03-06T11:40:02.593-06:00WFMU Marathon 2022<p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkf_DW4xeE0s4GvRX0bfYhlURD8BW3e6TzglcVGXyLVRr89aQg1uN34AWlL3T-btjiE5Swv55RzIkZ4Ue-YggjPm2yvX7zigR9kohaMMufcI4Y1G1xortjz90a5S5EQIahYmniCypJFrcgizjkCLYgKN34Ue0IByxCvJOad5_Sdjo55ey1SpHvflrb=s480" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkf_DW4xeE0s4GvRX0bfYhlURD8BW3e6TzglcVGXyLVRr89aQg1uN34AWlL3T-btjiE5Swv55RzIkZ4Ue-YggjPm2yvX7zigR9kohaMMufcI4Y1G1xortjz90a5S5EQIahYmniCypJFrcgizjkCLYgKN34Ue0IByxCvJOad5_Sdjo55ey1SpHvflrb=s16000" /></a></div><br />Love freeform radio? Take the leap and consider supporting independent station<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://wfmu.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">WFMU</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">during its annual fundraising</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?step=landing" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Marathon</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">that runs March 7 to March 20, 2022. WFMU first hit the airwaves over sixty years ago on</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://www.wfmu.org/LCD/21/timeline.html" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">April 24, 1958</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">at the now-defunct Upsala College and has never looked back. Currently based in Jersey City, New Jersey, WFMU broadcasts at 91.1 Mhz in New York and via a second signal at 90.1 Mhz in the Hudson Valley. WFMU has long been an Internet pioneer, and has multiple</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">online streams</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">, as well as an extensive</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://wfmu.org/playlists" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">archive of past shows</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><div>What is freeform radio you might ask? WFMU describes itself as follows: </div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">WFMU's programming ranges from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to rock and roll, experimental music, 78 RPM Records, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, electronica, hand-cranked wax cylinders, punk rock, gospel, exotica, R&B, radio improvisation, cooking instructions, classic radio airchecks, found sound, dopey call-in shows, interviews with obscure radio personalities and notable science-world luminaries, spoken word collages, Andrew Lloyd Webber soundtracks in languages other than English as well as country and western music. </blockquote></div><div>And because the station is listener-supported, WFMU DJs have for years maintained complete autonomy and control over their own programming, which is extraordinarily eclectic. Check out the current WFMU <a href="http://www.wfmu.org/schedule" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;">audio smorgasbord</a>, and see for yourself. Apps available for both iOS & Android. </div></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-21753606428408778222022-03-03T20:07:00.006-06:002022-03-20T09:54:53.014-05:00Random Generator: The 2022 PS1 Art Auction<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqCvNi5IcZGm9twsMT4GsYEGVtmzqF_CFadjdV3gGl5GHlAbSIY3dpkFTAhPHnRolndVISOZiZnAwCmi576NdKomcnynDgsAqDhkiCaPYpomkp7LeNeA3evFh3YLs7-gQgzt01mXDxNXGnEuqjGmhQlwZW2yKtKFhe19UWLya00FddMIJ71M_lPfH1=s480" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqCvNi5IcZGm9twsMT4GsYEGVtmzqF_CFadjdV3gGl5GHlAbSIY3dpkFTAhPHnRolndVISOZiZnAwCmi576NdKomcnynDgsAqDhkiCaPYpomkp7LeNeA3evFh3YLs7-gQgzt01mXDxNXGnEuqjGmhQlwZW2yKtKFhe19UWLya00FddMIJ71M_lPfH1=s16000" /></a></div><br />Random Generator is the non-thematic theme for this year's Public Space One Art Auction. Held annually to help support the extensive programming of the artist-led community arts organization, this year's fundraiser will feature over 75 artists. <a href="https://www.biddingowl.com/Auction/home.cfm?auctionID=20256" target="_blank">Bidding will be entirely online</a>, and will commence on Thursday, March 3, concluding with a reception at Close House (Iowa City), 7-8pm, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Further details are available at the <a href="http://www.publicspaceone.com/events/random-generator" target="_blank">PS1 website</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Common Curator is offering "Protopseudocryptoplasm" in this year's auction, and also designed the image above for the use of PS1 in a series of promotional materials. </div><p></p>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-27796967418601509062022-02-01T00:37:00.005-06:002022-02-05T10:55:25.677-06:00Year of the Tiger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgUUizId5IcaYFFWYCPWVH8R-I94Dbu_zxHeu2XNGas_A2ufqprFyYJmAvknypvWT-qtFejMfH2S6uwS0bKbNj4O5HojV1QbqaSY1XLDOT9WIkz25gbjtML3HVZ_aOEMN47DKFzJem9OLX9IqvpfPPlakZ4WM7Rw6MTSrqySDYs3B7aWo79gaFSrtM=s480" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgUUizId5IcaYFFWYCPWVH8R-I94Dbu_zxHeu2XNGas_A2ufqprFyYJmAvknypvWT-qtFejMfH2S6uwS0bKbNj4O5HojV1QbqaSY1XLDOT9WIkz25gbjtML3HVZ_aOEMN47DKFzJem9OLX9IqvpfPPlakZ4WM7Rw6MTSrqySDYs3B7aWo79gaFSrtM=s16000" /></a></div><i>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Cross-Hatching:</i> the fearsome beast pictured above is a four-color print made from woodcuts created circa 1960 by the artist John Kerner of the Enquirer Printing Company (with text added digitally to mark the lunar new year). The print measures 26" x 40" and the design employs extensive cross-hatching to simulate full-color printing, with the resulting poster once used to promote the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus. The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum acquired the Enquirer's collection of printing materials in 2015, and now <a href="https://woodtype.org/blogs/gallery/crouching-tiger-stock-poster" target="_blank">offers prints</a> newly produced from the original woodcuts. The Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts also contains a <a href="https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:vd66w103n" target="_blank">high-resolution scan of one of the early posters</a> as used by the circus. Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-54107278359471508972022-01-01T12:59:00.002-06:002022-01-01T13:01:10.170-06:00Slidin' into Twenty-Twenty-Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-sfJ4vyMQCB7JT7rS07OL-ueY0SqU7RtV3ZClA8pJkwwlXzLDq5YofjAZBmAJtKArP18lLaPdZtbAFl8ifjUAerF0q1CpzR3AwWDMbZpxfoyC68t1UN20GIIWkDrjq7F6Nr4N-TRB2ld6lp9NIMJIYGQ5iEZtlfBfX3vuTCLwnhf16JzZ7gS6BV3w=s480" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-sfJ4vyMQCB7JT7rS07OL-ueY0SqU7RtV3ZClA8pJkwwlXzLDq5YofjAZBmAJtKArP18lLaPdZtbAFl8ifjUAerF0q1CpzR3AwWDMbZpxfoyC68t1UN20GIIWkDrjq7F6Nr4N-TRB2ld6lp9NIMJIYGQ5iEZtlfBfX3vuTCLwnhf16JzZ7gS6BV3w=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-28284466103726628302021-12-22T13:09:00.000-06:002021-12-22T13:09:17.641-06:00Lord of the Rings, Pink Flamingos, and Cooley High Among Selections to National Film Registry<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrn9823X1Vt1wTL5vXwe2ocYxDa_v0aNot5IZdhcOHwjjMfVQNHgpnOC42ko-EzY41iB5LRlGnIyuioyrMm9dBorGRFNIaEsmnbGb2F9kfHb1IJPKsqv1RkxfOyz_ZtOsu-TGzDTNzYQOhUbp3W9peATgkszRyFKjFu5bPh7zOIE1Rs_8s2F39ehpS=s480" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrn9823X1Vt1wTL5vXwe2ocYxDa_v0aNot5IZdhcOHwjjMfVQNHgpnOC42ko-EzY41iB5LRlGnIyuioyrMm9dBorGRFNIaEsmnbGb2F9kfHb1IJPKsqv1RkxfOyz_ZtOsu-TGzDTNzYQOhUbp3W9peATgkszRyFKjFu5bPh7zOIE1Rs_8s2F39ehpS=s16000" /></a></div><br />Established by the <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;">National Film Preservation Act of 1988</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, the </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/about-this-program/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">National Film Preservation Board</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> is an advisory body for the Librarian of Congress. The Board helps shape national film preservation planning policy, and also recommends films for the </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">National Film Registry</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Chosen for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance, the </span><span style="color: #bb213b; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-078/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #39336e; text-decoration-line: none;">Board's 25 annual selections for 20</span><span style="color: #bb213b;">2</span>1</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> cover a wide gamut of genres and time periods, from such early films as the <i>Ringling Brothers Parade Film </i>and <i>The Flying Ace </i></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">to such later works as<span style="background-color: transparent;"><i> Stop Making Sense</i></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> and</span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Watermelon Woman</i><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">. The full list for 2021 is as follows:</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">2000s</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WALL</span><strong style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em>•</em></strong><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">E (2008)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;">1990s</span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">Selena (1997)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Watermelon Woman (1996)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><b>1980s</b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Stop Making Sense (1984)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Star Wars Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span><b>1970s</b></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Wobblies (1979)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chicana (1979)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cooley High (1975)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Long Goodbye (1973)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sounder (1972)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Pink Flamingos (1972)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Requiem-29 (1970)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b> </b></span><b> </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><b>1960s</b></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Evergreen (1965)</span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><b>1950s</b></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Strangers on a Train (1951)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>1930s</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Flowers and Trees (1932)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hellbound Train (1930)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333;"> </span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><strong>1920s</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Flying Ace (1926)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1910s</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Jubilo (1919)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>1900s</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #242424; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ringling Brothers Parade Film (1902)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">Further information on the Registry as well as the films themselves can be found on the Library of Congress' </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">web site</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">. All 825 films selected for the Registry since 1989 can also be </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">browsed online</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;">. In addition, the public is encouraged to </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">make nominations</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;"> for next year's selections to the National Film Registry.</span></div></div></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-24569559793167335832021-12-15T18:38:00.001-06:002021-12-15T18:43:04.386-06:002022 Seed Savers Exchange Catalog<p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXVzm_dnvR9OVfKKCh76kf0TC8D85u_VyJaz5d9Ux47NmA4_RrnNQCiG6QFjPrVRe5hblFJclB7AtmlFINuGAxt_4La0s03ILfNAZ1luNGEc0ZIKOB09es46v8N9kvMoPnuMwwufgnbdNWDlLTruBojb_n7-bpp0cO35CKxEas7ql4vQJ6be9cDMrq=s603" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXVzm_dnvR9OVfKKCh76kf0TC8D85u_VyJaz5d9Ux47NmA4_RrnNQCiG6QFjPrVRe5hblFJclB7AtmlFINuGAxt_4La0s03ILfNAZ1luNGEc0ZIKOB09es46v8N9kvMoPnuMwwufgnbdNWDlLTruBojb_n7-bpp0cO35CKxEas7ql4vQJ6be9cDMrq=s16000" /></a></div><br />The latest tantalizing <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">annual catalog</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">from <a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;">Seed Savers Exchange</a> (SSE), </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">featuring open-pollinated, untreated, non-hybrid, and non-GMO seeds, is now <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/267574bf-e3b5-4988-8c8d-b1f9dfc46c9c" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">available online</a>; a print </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">copy of the 2022 catalog can also be <a href="https://www.seedsavers.org/catalog" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">requested free of charge</a>.</span><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><p></p><p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Founded in 1975 by </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Diane Ott Whealy</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> and </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kent Whealy</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, Seed Savers Exchange is now the largest non-governmental seed bank of its kind in the United States. With over 13,000 members, SSE conserves and maintains heirloom seeds for thousands of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Its mission is: </span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">. . . to save North America's diverse, but endangered, garden heritage for future generations by building a network of people committed to collecting, conserving and sharing heirloom seeds and plants, while educating people about the value of genetic and cultural diversity.</span></blockquote><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Located on the 890-acre </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Heritage Farm</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> in Decorah, Iowa, SSE is open to visitors from April to October, and sponsors special events such as seed starting, grafting, and gardening workshops. It also hosts an annual conference and campout. To learn more about Seed Savers Exchange and the benefits of membership, visit its </span><a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/" style="color: #39336e; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">website</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">.</span></span></span><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-50502043425867035162021-11-01T23:01:00.004-05:002022-01-01T10:05:08.127-06:00Miya of the Quiet Strength<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VGfS_mXQRLk" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe> <div><a href="http://www.miyafilm.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank"><i>Miya of the Quiet Strength</i></a> is a documentary about the life of Miya Rodolfo-Siosin. Directed by Daniel Julien, the film premiered in January 2009, one month after Miya died of breast cancer at age forty. Miya was a prominent, longtime advocate for human rights and disability rights, who lived in Berkeley, California beginning in 1996. She herself was grievously injured in the mass shooting that occurred on the campus of the University of Iowa on November 1, 1991--thirty years ago today. The documentary is available from <a href="http://www.miyafilm.com/Buy_the_DVD.html" target="_blank">Swift Productions</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Miya was also a supporter of <a href="https://whirlwindwheelchair.org/" target="_blank">Whirlwind Wheelchair International</a>, a non-profit social enterprise which produces durable, low-cost, highly functional wheelchairs for the disabled in over 60 countries. <a href="https://whirlwindwheelchair.org/donate/" target="_blank">Donations</a> are welcome. </div><div><br /></div><div>Previous related Common Curator posts include: <a href="https://commoncurator.blogspot.com/2011/11/twenty-years-after.html" target="_blank">Twenty Years After</a> and <a href="https://commoncurator.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-march-for-our-lives-against-gun.html" target="_blank">The March for Our Lives Against Gun Violence</a>.</div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-73104698253625852942021-09-17T18:24:00.008-05:002021-09-17T18:37:47.779-05:00National Book Festival 2021<p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLto3UccBR9PB8_k9Pej-nNklEUi7ZfZH_XlYDrg7SPfid_u_0t7MIMwT6A5qI7G-23sZudjkA-fXedFMMu9zG8dpw2od5KtjPoae_e7KmALx9-eDYBPF7tb2hbCVjSs8rtLstAMqGWb4/s846/National-Book-Festival--2021--480.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLto3UccBR9PB8_k9Pej-nNklEUi7ZfZH_XlYDrg7SPfid_u_0t7MIMwT6A5qI7G-23sZudjkA-fXedFMMu9zG8dpw2od5KtjPoae_e7KmALx9-eDYBPF7tb2hbCVjSs8rtLstAMqGWb4/s16000/National-Book-Festival--2021--480.jpg" /></a></div><br />The 21th annual<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> <a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/" target="_blank">National Book Festival</a>,</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held September 17-26, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The festival is free and open to the public.</span><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">More than 100 authors, poets, and illustrators will be making <a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/schedule/" target="_blank">presentations</a> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">throughout the festival on stages for Children, Teens, Fiction, History & Biography, International, Poetry & Prose, Genre Fiction, Science, and other themes & genres. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/authors/" target="_blank">Speakers</a></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> include such writers as Kazuo Ishiguro, Roxane Gay, Nikki Giovanni, Joy Harjo, George Saunders, and many others. </span><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Further information</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">, including a </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/schedule/" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">schedule</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> of events and an <a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/festival-information/" target="_blank">FAQ</a></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"> can be found at the festival website. </span><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This year's poster was designed by <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/national-book-festival/2021/08/dana-tanamachi-and-the-2021-national-book-festival-poster/" target="_blank">Dana Tanamachi</a>; a gallery of all Festival posters from 2001 to 2021 can be <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-book-festival/about-this-program/poster-gallery/" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">viewed here</a>.</span><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"></div></div></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-70113676401866011152021-04-01T20:28:00.000-05:002021-04-01T20:28:57.229-05:00Edison, Louis Armstrong, and Odetta among 25 Newest Additions to National Recording Registry<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_ZKQSI9pnOgCzOrNmq9dQItu4W2gqxvfeLEALzQzhaCHzuVTUDluqTg-L7fjqncqcc4xcQlpEYDNhN_GNVAWzjyhIM5wvFWF-mLOp_55i3FUPQLvZdt8fJUFWVb9gashi2DkGPsFvSE/s486/National-Recording-Registry--logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="486" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_ZKQSI9pnOgCzOrNmq9dQItu4W2gqxvfeLEALzQzhaCHzuVTUDluqTg-L7fjqncqcc4xcQlpEYDNhN_GNVAWzjyhIM5wvFWF-mLOp_55i3FUPQLvZdt8fJUFWVb9gashi2DkGPsFvSE/w200-h200/National-Recording-Registry--logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">N<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">ow in its nineteenth year, the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/about-this-program/" style="color: #39336e; text-decoration-line: none;">National Recording Registry</a> has grown to 575 entries with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden having just announced 25 additional sound recordings as the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #000011;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-015/national-recording-registry-adds-rhythm-nation-among-25-new-selections/2021-03-24/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bb213b;">official entries for </span>2020</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, stating</span><span style="color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">: </span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424;">“The National Recording Registry will preserve our history through these vibrant recordings of music and voices that have reflected our humanity and shaped our culture from the past 143 years. We received about 900 public nominations this year for recordings to add to the registry, and we welcome the public’s input as the Library of Congress and its partners preserve the diverse sounds of history and culture.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, selected recordings must be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and at least ten years old.</span></span><br style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><br style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Spanning the years 1878-2008, the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-015/national-recording-registry-adds-rhythm-nation-among-25-new-selections/2021-03-24/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bb213b;">selections for 20</span>20</a> are</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> as follows:</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></i><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></u><sub style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></sub><sup style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></sup><strike style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></strike><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span><ol style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Edison’s “St. Louis tinfoil” recording (1878)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Nikolina” — Hjalmar Peterson (1917) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Smyrneikos Balos” — Marika Papagika (1928) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“When the Saints Go Marching In” — Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra (1938) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas Eve Broadcast--Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill (December 24, 1941)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Guiding Light” — Nov. 22, 1945</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues” — Odetta (1957) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Lord, Keep Me Day by Day” — Albertina Walker and the Caravans (1959) (single) </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Roger Maris hits his 61st homerun (October 1, 1961)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Aida” — Leontyne Price, et.al. (1962) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Once a Day” — Connie Smith (1964) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Born Under a Bad Sign” — Albert King (1967) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Free to Be…You & Me” — Marlo Thomas and Friends (1972) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Harder They Come” — Jimmy Cliff (1972) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Lady Marmalade” — Labelle (1974) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Late for the Sky” — Jackson Browne (1974) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Bright Size Life” — Pat Metheny (1976) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Rainbow Connection” — Kermit the Frog (1979) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Celebration” — Kool & the Gang (1980) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs” — Jessye Norman (1983) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814” — Janet Jackson (1989) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Partners” — Flaco Jiménez (1992) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”/”What A Wonderful World” — Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (1993) (single)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Illmatic” — Nas (1994) (album)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money” (May 9, 2008)</span></li></ol><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">The full National Recording Registry can be viewed online </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/" style="color: #39336e; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">here</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">. The Registry solicits nominations annually for inclusion on the registry; further information on the criteria and procedures for making nominations for 2021 is available at the </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/nominate/" style="color: #39336e; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">Registry website.</span></a> Individuals may submit up to 50 nominations per year. </span></span>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-7838745769053849522021-03-06T22:50:00.000-06:002021-03-06T22:50:11.191-06:00WFMU Marathon: Freeform Station of the Nation<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6ceU4WATDlxBwdDqCZhQOew9KftQfPilk3V9OfjbFz1E_IVAzdqHIF1gdo4MWMrVNq_Goi7jwTxpgf4RV6YJK-W9NT2-XKKSe29clffXDZBeBdNac4eztagq34eVwW2gKItnl3VB15w/s480/WFMU-Pledge-Drive-480.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6ceU4WATDlxBwdDqCZhQOew9KftQfPilk3V9OfjbFz1E_IVAzdqHIF1gdo4MWMrVNq_Goi7jwTxpgf4RV6YJK-W9NT2-XKKSe29clffXDZBeBdNac4eztagq34eVwW2gKItnl3VB15w/s16000/WFMU-Pledge-Drive-480.gif" /></a></div><br />Love free-form radio? Take the leap and consider supporting independent station<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://wfmu.org/" style="color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">WFMU</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">during its annual fundraising</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?step=landing" style="color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Marathon</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">that runs March 6 to March 21, 2021. WFMU first hit the airwaves over sixty years ago on</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://www.wfmu.org/LCD/21/timeline.html" style="color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">April 24, 1958</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">at the now-defunct Upsala College and has never looked back. Currently based in Jersey City, New Jersey, WFMU broadcasts at 91.1 Mhz in New York and via a second signal at 90.1 Mhz in the Hudson Valley. WFMU has long been an Internet pioneer, and has multiple</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://wfmu.org/ssaudionet.shtml" style="color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">online streams</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">, as well as an extensive</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><a href="http://wfmu.org/playlists" style="color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">archive of past shows</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">.</span><p></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><div>What is free-form radio you might ask? WFMU describes itself as follows: </div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">WFMU's programming ranges from flat-out uncategorizable strangeness to rock and roll, experimental music, 78 RPM Records, jazz, psychedelia, hip-hop, electronica, hand-cranked wax cylinders, punk rock, gospel, exotica, R&B, radio improvisation, cooking instructions, classic radio airchecks, found sound, dopey call-in shows, interviews with obscure radio personalities and notable science-world luminaries, spoken word collages, Andrew Lloyd Webber soundtracks in languages other than English as well as country and western music. </blockquote></div><div>And because the station is listener-supported, WFMU DJs have for years maintained complete autonomy and control over their own programming, which is extraordinarily eclectic. Check out the current WFMU <a href="http://www.wfmu.org/schedule" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;">audio smorgasbord</a>, and see for yourself. Apps available for both iOS & Android. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zulHHdtpGp6sDpnyaIlDpt-OmHgL5fZnREUD1bl4WOWbbeFNRiPORh4jng9NOGSWKvXqWhhgojayeGC2cDccoflfC-J6GWsRBjBbAvqJbRGXgPgbem3kF02gNkXxaHlxDL0Qk2lRMEI/s480/WFMU-2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zulHHdtpGp6sDpnyaIlDpt-OmHgL5fZnREUD1bl4WOWbbeFNRiPORh4jng9NOGSWKvXqWhhgojayeGC2cDccoflfC-J6GWsRBjBbAvqJbRGXgPgbem3kF02gNkXxaHlxDL0Qk2lRMEI/s16000/WFMU-2021.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-73122895571746842722021-02-12T08:37:00.000-06:002021-02-12T08:37:18.190-06:00Happy Year of the Ox / 牛 年 快 樂 ! <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71qwqDseYSxkgfIyJitozqBUKkkLd392D8ZyGdWPLFoJGmwuZKsPq9C9-h4swPzDaP0kIb4aUxaPrjLoXnPSPpAsUSFlJAaOM0arov04fCfIDjsqQ9Y_w7KEDdry5NgQpTyvAkGdIaUY/s492/Year-of-the-Ox--2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71qwqDseYSxkgfIyJitozqBUKkkLd392D8ZyGdWPLFoJGmwuZKsPq9C9-h4swPzDaP0kIb4aUxaPrjLoXnPSPpAsUSFlJAaOM0arov04fCfIDjsqQ9Y_w7KEDdry5NgQpTyvAkGdIaUY/s16000/Year-of-the-Ox--2021.JPG" /></a></div><br />The image above was <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/stories/collect/year-of-the-ox-behind-the-design-with-harry-brockway/" target="_blank">designed by Harry Brockway</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> and is featured on a <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/lunar/2021-year-of-the-ox/" target="_blank">series of 2021 coins</a> issued by the </span><a href="https://www.royalmint.com/lunar/year-of-the-rat/" style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">U.K.'s Royal Mint</a> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">as part of the <a href="https://www.royalmint.com/lunar/">Shēngxiào Collection</a> (生肖) to commemorate the Lunar New Year.</span></span></span><br />Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-13488713398015341772021-01-20T19:48:00.001-06:002021-01-20T20:35:51.443-06:00"The Hill We Climb," Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CdKdyemxbew" width="480"></iframe><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Gorman" target="_blank">Amanda Gorman</a> recites her poem, "<a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/amanda-gorman-inauguration-poem-transcript-the-hill-we-climb" target="_blank">The Hill We Climb</a>," on the occasion of the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021. Gorman was selected as the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Poet_Laureate" target="_blank">National Youth Poet Laureate</a> in 2017. Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-68429954850681420982021-01-13T20:03:00.001-06:002021-01-13T20:03:39.063-06:00In Case You Missed It . . . H. Res. 24<table class="lbexTableStyleSix" style="height: 50px; width: 310px;"><tbody><tr><td class="lbexTdStyleThree" style="width: 304px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps;">117th CONGRESS</span></div><span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;">1st Session</div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="lbexTableStyleFour" style="height: 50px; text-align: right; width: 310px;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="lbexLegisNum" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">H. RES. 24</span></span></div><p class="lbexHang" style="font-size: 18.6667px; margin-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em;"><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24/text" target="_blank">Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors</a>.</p><hr style="font-size: 18.6667px; width: 496.938px;" /><p style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></p><div style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;"><span class="lbexChamber" style="font-size: 15pt;">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</span></div><div style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;"><p></p><span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">January 11, 2021</span><p></p></div><div class="lbexHang" style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-indent: -2em;"><p class="lbexHangSmalllWithMargin" style="font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em;">Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cicilline</span> (for himself, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lieu</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Raskin</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Nadler</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Adams</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Aguilar</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Allred</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Auchincloss</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Axne</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Barragán</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bass</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Beatty</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bera</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Beyer</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bishop </span>of Georgia, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Blumenauer</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Blunt Rochester</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bonamici</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bourdeaux</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bowman</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Brendan F. Boyle </span>of Pennsylvania, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Brown</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Brownley</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bush</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bustos</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Butterfield</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Carbajal</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cárdenas</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Carson</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cartwright</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Case</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Casten</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Castor </span>of Florida, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Castro </span>of Texas, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Chu</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Clark </span>of Massachusetts, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Clarke </span>of New York, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cleaver</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Clyburn</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cohen</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Connolly</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cooper</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Correa</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Costa</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Courtney</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Craig</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Crist</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Crow</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Cuellar</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Davids </span>of Kansas, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Danny K. Davis </span>of Illinois, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Dean</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">DeFazio</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">DeGette</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">DeLauro</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">DelBene</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Delgado</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Demings</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">DeSaulnier</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Deutch</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Dingell</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Doggett</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Michael F. Doyle </span>of Pennsylvania, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Escobar</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Eshoo</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Espaillat</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Evans</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Fletcher</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Foster</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lois Frankel </span>of Florida, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Gallego</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Garamendi</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Garcia </span>of Texas, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">García </span>of Illinois, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Gomez</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Vicente Gonzalez </span>of Texas, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Gottheimer</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Green </span>of Texas, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Grijalva</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Harder </span>of California, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Hastings</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Hayes</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Higgins </span>of New York, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Horsford</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Houlahan</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Huffman</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Jackson Lee</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Jacobs </span>of California, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Jayapal</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Jeffries</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Johnson </span>of Texas, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Johnson </span>of Georgia, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Jones</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kahele</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kaptur</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Keating</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kelly </span>of Illinois, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Khanna</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kildee</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kilmer</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kim </span>of New Jersey, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kirkpatrick</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Krishnamoorthi</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kuster</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lamb</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Langevin</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Larsen </span>of Washington, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Larson </span>of Connecticut, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lawrence</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lawson </span>of Florida, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lee </span>of California, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lee </span>of Nevada, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Leger Fernandez</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Levin </span>of Michigan, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Levin </span>of California, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lofgren</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lowenthal</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Luria</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lynch</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Malinowski</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Carolyn B. Maloney </span>of New York, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Sean Patrick Maloney </span>of New York, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Manning</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Matsui</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">McBath</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">McCollum</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">McEachin</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">McGovern</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">McNerney</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Meeks</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Meng</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Mfume</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Moore </span>of Wisconsin, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Morelle</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Moulton</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Mrvan</span>, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Murphy </span>of Florida, Mrs. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Napolitano</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Neal</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Neguse</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Newman</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Norcross</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Norton</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">O'Halleran</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Ocasio-Cortez</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Omar</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Pallone</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Panetta</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Pappas</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Pascrell</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Payne</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Phillips</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Pingree</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Plaskett</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Pocan</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Porter</span>, Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Pressley</span>, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Price </span>of North Carolina, Mr. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Quigley</span>, Miss Rice of New York, and Ms. <span class="lbexSimplecap" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Ross</span>) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary</p></div><p style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></p><hr style="font-size: 18.6667px; width: 496.938px;" /><p style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></p><div style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="lbexLegisType" style="font-size: 30pt;">RESOLUTION</span></b></div><p style="font-size: 18.6667px;"></p><p class="lbexHangWithMargin" style="margin-left: 2em; text-indent: -2em;">Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.</p><p></p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;"><em>Resolved, </em><a id="HE18970671FD54E60B13E5D27B3CD863D"></a>That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:<a id="H3A01204F8A224C23A1B7DEB5CE75762C"></a></p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;">Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.</p><p align="center" class="lbexTocSectionIRCBold"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION</span></b></p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;">The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” and that the President “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”. Further, section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits any person who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States from “hold[ing] any office … under the United States”. In his conduct while President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed—Donald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting violence against the Government of the United States, in that:</p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;">On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the House of Representatives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials. Shortly before the Joint Session commenced, President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in Washington, DC. There, he reiterated false claims that “we won this election, and we won it by a landslide”. He also willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the Capitol, such as: “if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore”. Thus incited by President Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the Joint Session’s solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Congress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel, and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive, and seditious acts.</p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;">President Trump’s conduct on January 6, 2021, followed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election. Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so.</p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;">In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government. He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.</p><p><a id="H87A28C62CBBF47E4AF10931D565728E6"></a><a id="H3A4A081D570F423D9D66070AA2B4BA8B"></a><a id="H0729249AAC1943FE94C23D1D802220A9"></a><a id="HFCBD27A9922B4940B3F0EDE8108CBA73"></a><a id="H29B3DE65DA8749C5AFB2C075078CA525"></a></p><p class="lbexIndent" style="text-indent: 2em;">Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.</p>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-66966693955960934552021-01-01T10:48:00.003-06:002021-01-01T10:51:21.510-06:00New Seeds for a New Year<p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKgIDQuhIzA8UQo-ZWHQi4xW0fMr6vC-8_1hxHYmWZsmNtofabvrNxNUbA2K4NlcMnNKf6JGDfL6JiLv1GaM6cMhsfPvgY3iw9ERp0kN8EngIxRiJeNiJymnF99jgCzArB-KWaziYxjw/s605/SSE-Catalog-2021-cover480.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKgIDQuhIzA8UQo-ZWHQi4xW0fMr6vC-8_1hxHYmWZsmNtofabvrNxNUbA2K4NlcMnNKf6JGDfL6JiLv1GaM6cMhsfPvgY3iw9ERp0kN8EngIxRiJeNiJymnF99jgCzArB-KWaziYxjw/w254-h320/SSE-Catalog-2021-cover480.jpg" width="254" /></a></div>The latest tantalizing <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">annual catalog</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">from <a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/" style="color: #bb213b; text-decoration-line: none;">Seed Savers Exchange</a> (SSE), </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">featuring heirloom, untreated, non-hybrid, and non-GMO seeds, is now <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/818ef331-1184-4f39-ba13-a62ae0578b5c" target="_blank">available <span style="color: #bb213b;">online</span></a>; a print </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">copy of the 2021 catalog can also be <a href="https://www.seedsavers.org/catalog" target="_blank">requested free of charge</a>.</span><p></p><p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Founded in 1975 by </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Diane Ott Whealy</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> and </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Kent Whealy</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, Seed Savers Exchange is now the largest non-governmental seed bank of its kind in the United States. With over 13,000 members, SSE conserves and maintains heirloom seeds for thousands of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Its mission is: </span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">. . . to save North America's diverse, but endangered, garden heritage for future generations by building a network of people committed to collecting, conserving and sharing heirloom seeds and plants, while educating people about the value of genetic and cultural diversity.</span></blockquote><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Located on the 890-acre </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Heritage Farm</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> in Decorah, Iowa, SSE is open to visitors from April to October, and sponsors special events such as seed starting, grafting, and gardening workshops. It also hosts an annual conference and campout. To learn more about Seed Savers Exchange and the benefits of membership, visit its </span><a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/" style="color: #39336e; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">website</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">.</span></span></span>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-16445088669258425002020-12-20T20:56:00.000-06:002020-12-20T20:56:37.077-06:00A Clockwork Orange, The Blues Brothers, and Freedom Riders among 25 Titles Added to National Film Registry <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiBSTCdOfl260ZQAXZMSlmC86PIo-gEUQEQNSf0i5pFpifd7ZxZE3-JeZhAu5QGOj5fSalXlC1vUuGbxA-8N9eG_47gMqjPdtGY__IrN68LGWlJeBtt_2k9CUOxb9Z0iskl-QXlPX5lA/s480/National_Film_Registry+--+2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiBSTCdOfl260ZQAXZMSlmC86PIo-gEUQEQNSf0i5pFpifd7ZxZE3-JeZhAu5QGOj5fSalXlC1vUuGbxA-8N9eG_47gMqjPdtGY__IrN68LGWlJeBtt_2k9CUOxb9Z0iskl-QXlPX5lA/s16000/National_Film_Registry+--+2020.jpg" /></a></div>Established by the <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;">National Film Preservation Act of 1988</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">, the </span><a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/about-this-program/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">National Film Preservation Board</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> is an advisory body for the Librarian of Congress. The Board helps shape national film preservation planning policy, and also recommends films for the </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/" style="background-color: white; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">National Film Registry</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">.</span><p></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Chosen for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance, the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #bb213b; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-082/national-film-registry-spotlights-diverse-filmmakers-in-new-selections/2020-12-14/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #39336e;">Board's 25 annual selections for 20</span>20</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> cover a wide gamut of genres and time periods, from such early films as <i>Bread</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><i> </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">The Battle of the Century </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">to such later works as<span style="background-color: transparent;"><i> A Clockwork Orange</i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> and</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> Freedom Riders</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">. The full list for 2020 is as follows:</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 700;">2010s</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Freedom Riders (2010)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: 700;">2000s</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Dark Knight (2008)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Hurt Locker (2008)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2006)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;">Shreck (2001)<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;">1990s</span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001000;">Buena Vista Social Club (1999)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001000;">The Devil Never Sleeps (1994)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001000;">The Joy Luck Club (1993)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 480px;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">1980s</b><br /><div style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Illusions (1982)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Losing Ground (1982)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Blues Brothers (1980)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span><b>1970s</b></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Grease (1978)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Wattstax (1973)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A Clockwork Orange (1971)</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #001000;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> <b> </b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b> </b></span><b> </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span></span><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b>1960s</b></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lilies of the Field (1963)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><b>1950s</b></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Outrage (1950)</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>1940s</b></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cabin in the Sky (1943)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></div><div><strong>1920s</strong></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">With Car and Camera Around the World (1929)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Battle of the Century (1927)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1910s</b></span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bread (1918)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Suspense (1913)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18.48px; position: static; width: 480px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px;">Further information on the Registry as well as the films themselves can be found on the Library of Congress' </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/film/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">web site</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px;">. All 800 films selected for the Registry since 1989 can also be </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">browsed online</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px;">. In addition, the public is encouraged to </span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #39336e; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #bb213b;">make nominations</span></a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13.2px;"> for next year's selections to the National Film Registry.</span></div></div></div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-61413205300784763492020-11-03T02:12:00.001-06:002020-11-03T12:18:22.989-06:00Election Day 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvx9srU9y2ABx-wFaYBpamgqum0MJ2l3RVcSdj__ajaORVOlc3eBklGr6qge5on5b4oz3DhuY2YibUMK9Az7G4Et2ZseDkPgkM6slBeAY4L4pxGHo0IB5abDZW-2Cqe15EfrP2sUIcv0/s480/VOTE--2020.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvx9srU9y2ABx-wFaYBpamgqum0MJ2l3RVcSdj__ajaORVOlc3eBklGr6qge5on5b4oz3DhuY2YibUMK9Az7G4Et2ZseDkPgkM6slBeAY4L4pxGHo0IB5abDZW-2Cqe15EfrP2sUIcv0/s16000/VOTE--2020.jpg" /></a></div><br />Today is the day to vote. For those still needing to register, Iowa and 20 other states, as well as the District of Columbia, allow election day registration. Further information regarding voting regulations can be found at <a href="http://USA.gov" target="_blank">USA.gov</a>. <div><br /></div><div>The Common Curator graphic above is based on artist <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/obituaries/robert-indiana-love-pop-art-dies.html" target="_blank">Robert Indiana</a>'s iconic "Love" logo.</div>Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-1016249402986904512020-11-02T20:35:00.000-06:002020-11-02T20:35:03.565-06:00Make America Trumpless Again <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ooDV-1cD8yjbtkW3e7YvYRbkEyT1G3f6qzdd1kuYzAIMW3ukxXsqWtWM5DowGI0ppqt_fIuS6exgkpbZcjVZMdHATx7pNkQoSN3IAwpslrU3lDiAvuzdw11eyUcrebAxD6JzMFd7bgc/s622/Make+America+Trumpless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ooDV-1cD8yjbtkW3e7YvYRbkEyT1G3f6qzdd1kuYzAIMW3ukxXsqWtWM5DowGI0ppqt_fIuS6exgkpbZcjVZMdHATx7pNkQoSN3IAwpslrU3lDiAvuzdw11eyUcrebAxD6JzMFd7bgc/s16000/Make+America+Trumpless.jpg" /></a></div><br />Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-55901556741739826012020-11-02T20:34:00.004-06:002020-11-02T20:37:07.067-06:00Make Iowa Kingless Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwAGQrFrSEg3F8h1-GNU-aL4FXrw-srrNDCkfC-wxc67XUVD_xNb5GT5wDaedYOf29w9zuZEQrTm_giNMRLHUmbsYMpJJGn3C56dVbTqa54hJffZPwNsr8WGF9izpU4fBv9_irfTMVN4/s639/Make+Iowa+Kingless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwAGQrFrSEg3F8h1-GNU-aL4FXrw-srrNDCkfC-wxc67XUVD_xNb5GT5wDaedYOf29w9zuZEQrTm_giNMRLHUmbsYMpJJGn3C56dVbTqa54hJffZPwNsr8WGF9izpU4fBv9_irfTMVN4/s16000/Make+Iowa+Kingless.jpg" /></a></div><br />Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2324501099216298327.post-78174061582442582842020-11-02T18:13:00.000-06:002020-11-02T18:13:09.520-06:00Resistance Revival Chorus: "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dWUa7aAIfLE" width="480"></iframe>
The <a href="https://www.resistancerevivalchorus.com/" target="_blank">Resistance Revival Chorus</a> has just released their debut album, "<a href="https://righteousbabe.com/products/resistance-revival-chorus-this-joy?variant=32858898563154" target="_blank">This Joy</a>," on <a href="https://righteousbabe.com/" target="_blank">Righteous Babe Records</a>. The album, available both on vinyl and digitally, features Rhiannon Giddens on Woody Guthrie's 1942 anthem, "All You Fascists Bound To Lose."Daniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538894110338323540noreply@blogger.com0