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July 23rd, 2008
By Mike
An eight hour PBS documentary, ‘On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives,’ is in the works for broadcast in the fall of 2010. The enormous multi-media project, about the history of recorded music and it’s impact on society, is under the guidance of the legendary Sir George Martin.
Martin is working with PBS [...]
May 16th, 2008
By Mike
Every year, the Library of Congress adds to the National Recording Registry. They select 25 recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” to preserve for all time.
Here’s the list of recordings the NRPB, the Library’s National Recording Preservation Board, selected for the 2007 National Recording Registry. It’s great to see [...]
Also, you can browse today’s headlines on the. By Steve Benen Political Animal THE. Sign in to add a section with stories recommended for you, by using search history. CNN Concerns about an impending terrorist strike are at the lowest point on record since the attacks of September,, Ashley mcintosh to a new CNN Opinion Research Corp. Thai army chief urges lifting state of emergency. S powerful army chief on Thursday said the country. A mechanism that permits members of Congress to speak on the
An essay/analysis based on the book "Forgotten Features Of The Founding: The Recovery Of Religious Themes In The Early American Republic" (Lexington Books, 2003) by James Hutson, Chief of the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress - specifically Chapter One titled "'A Future State Of Rewards And Punishments'": The Founders' Formula For The Social And Political Utility Of Religion." You'll also hear a Golden Oldie of Ronald Reagan, in 1961, denouncing Medicare as "socialized medicine"! Se
The Weekenders: Events for Austin Families, October 10-12, 2008 Movies at Mueller- Come out and enjoy family-friendly movies at the newly completed outdoor amphitheater in Mueller’s Lake Park. Feel free to bring snacks and blankets but please no chairs or other equipment that could block the views of other attendees. Shrek is playing on Friday at 7:00pm with themed activities beginning at 6:00pm. FREE!! Mueller Lake Park Ampitheatre, 4550 Mueller Blvd. St. Elias Mediterranean Festival- Live m
Sort by date with duplicates included. St Congress on Ibero Smallville lana Culture opens in Mexico. Best Cellulose fiber information source! S San Sebastian film festival opens. When Meg Ryan and Antonio Leonel fernndez signed up to star in an independently produced comedy action movie called My Mom. San Sebastian film festival opens in Spain. S lover is played by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, who was among the first stars to arrive in San Sebastian with his wife Melanie Griffith. So he
The Web on the Candidates From the Voter Files: Passed in 2002 in the wake of the election debacle two years earlier, the Help America Vote Act required that every U.S. state establish comprehensive voter registration databases. The goal? To help people vote by keeping clean, standardized data at the state level, instead of with local elections boards. Good databases are a solution. But bad databases -- and putting faith in them -- can spell real trouble. What's the status of those voter rol
The Web on the Candidates From the Voter Files: Passed in 2002 in the wake of the election debacle two years earlier, the Help America Vote Act required that every U.S. state establish comprehensive voter registration databases. The goal? To help people vote by keeping clean, standardized data at the state level, instead of with local elections boards. Good databases are a solution. But bad databases -- and putting faith in them -- can spell real trouble. What's the status of those voter rol
The Web on the Candidates From the Voter Files: Passed in 2002 in the wake of the election debacle two years earlier, the Help America Vote Act required that every U.S. state establish comprehensive voter registration databases. The goal? To help people vote by keeping clean, standardized data at the state level, instead of with local elections boards. Good databases are a solution. But bad databases -- and putting faith in them -- can spell real trouble. What's the status of those voter rol
US surrounds hijacked cargo ship off Twistys kyla cole coast. In Bailout Vote, a Leadership Breakdown. WASHINGTON Reuters An analysis of dozens of studies found the widely used statin cholesterol drugs do not increase the risk of Lou Gehrig. PDT SAN FRANCISCO Patients with heart disease should be screened and treated for depression because it can adversely affect their health outlook and quality of life, according to a new report by the American Heart Association. Colchicine or anti inflammato
Digital rights management, or DRM, is a delicate subject in higher education. Also called technological protection measure, these systems to control access and prevent copying are sometimes used by academic units to protect our own resources or to fulfill obligations we have undertaken to obtain content for our communities. Sometimes such use of DRM in higher ed. is actually mandated by law, especially in distance education settings. But DRM systems also inhibit lots of legitimate academic u
[+] Enlarge imageWPA poster, 1939 (Library of Congress)Making for grim reading is this USA Today report that "travelers are postponing, scaling back or canceling trips of all kinds," with experts saying "it could be more than a year before travel rebounds." The only (very partial) upside to all this retreating is that those people actually willing and able to curtail their indefinite staycations and leave their house for a real trip may be able to get some deals. To help with that goal, USA T
T.R. Knight donates $50,000 to No on 8. Manchester, UK teen hangs himself over gay hate anonymous phone bullying. Free screening of The Times of Harvey Milk documentary tonight in L.A. See it, it’s amazing. House Minority Leader John Boehner mocks the way Barney Frank talks: “You know where he’s from. He’s from Massachusetts, although he can’t say the word ‘Massachusetts.’” Brandon and Brenda Walsh reuniting for 90210. Denver Post remembers Matthew Shepard: “The crime galvanized gay-
Fear and Reason on Wall Street Submitted by Michael Moynihan on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 9:14am. Economy New York City -- In his classic 1841 book Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Scottish journalist Charles Mackay pinned the blame for financial panics on the herd instinct. As interpreted by financier Bernard Baruch who wrote an introduction to a reprint published after the 1929 Crash, otherwise intelligent people in a herd "act like blockheads." As fear trumps reason and emotion
Here is another sort of novelty from the New York Clipper of 1853 - hatters with an extra incentive for their customers: a free daguerreotype! The daguerreotype, named for its inventor Louis Daguerre, was an early form of photograph in which an image was developed onto a silver-coated plate. It is a negative image but the mirrored surface reflects a positive image to the viewer. The daguerreotype was patented in 1839 and remained popular through the1850s, when it was supplanted by newer photogr
Thomas Engall (MRCSL 1843) 1821? - 1887 Surgeon at the West London Homeopathic Dispensary, Surgeon at the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square, member of The British Homeopathic Society, member of The British Homeopathic Association and the Hahnemann Medical Society and the Hahnemann Publishing Society. Thomas Engall practiced at 15 Euston Square and 67 Newman Street. Thomas Engall was a student of Paul Francois Curie, and he was a subscriber to The Band of Hope Union and he attended
Written by Adam Quigley Behind every outstanding Hollywood blockbuster, there’s a film director who had to work their ass off to helm that project. And though their early work is not often seen by the public eye, that doesn’t mean it’s not accessible to those who are interested in seeking it out. Usually, these films can be found gathering dust at the bottom of a video store shelf, overlooked by most in favor of generic Hollywood productions like Rush Hour 3 (cost: $140 million), I Now Pro
Through his fiction and non-fiction works, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has sought to repair the damage done to the continent of Africa and its people as a result of European colonization. This is best exemplified in his most famous novel “Things Fall Apart,” one of the first African novels written in English to achieve national acclaim. Set in the 1890s, the novel deals with the impact of British colonialism on the traditional Igbo society in Nigeria. Published in 1958 – just two years befor
The Northland Anti-War Coalition is hosting a series of events this weekend. We'll be holding 1. an anti-war march & rally, 2. a forum on Palestine, and 3. a planning meeting where you can plug into the local peace movement. 1. ANTI-WAR MARCH & RALLY - Saturday, Oct. 11 @ Noon: We're asking folks to gather at Duluth's Leif Erickson Park on London Road from between 11:30am and noon. From there we're going to start marching at noon to the MN Power Plaza [Lake Ave. & Superior St.]. At the MN Pow
Direct to Guide This guide provides an extensive collection of annotated print and online information resources on Russia’s business and economy. Source: Business and Economic Research Advisor (Library of Congress)
– and three candidates, for that matter. In a profile of Republican Congressional candidate Steve Hudson, one C. Benjamin Ford of the Montgomery County Gazette informs his readers: Van Hollen said he knew little of Hudson’s background, but that he had an impressive record of service. The two were scheduled to debate, but it was canceled by the congressional action on the economic crisis. (Emphases added.) Thing is, I’m positive I saw that debate a week ago at the Rockville Public Library! Va
Permanent Links For US Legislation Documents Posted by: in Politics News dizzymslizzy writes “With prompting from the Sunlight Foundation’s Open House Project, the US Library of Congress announced today that its online database THOMAS will now generate persistent URLs, known as legislative handles, for legislation documents. As Free Government Info states, ‘it is certainly nice to be able to link to legislation with a persistent link! But it would be much better if one could click to creat
