The Wikipedia article on the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, which I’ve previously talked about, is going to be featured on WP’s front page in their “Did You Know…?” section.
That will run from 9am to 5pm PDT (or 12n to 8pm EDT) on April 30, Friday (or tomorrow).
I’ve also been whittling away at it, adding a quote from Wayne Miller about Steichen’s instructions to the guys.
I’ve been editing Wikipedia a lot, lately, with an eye to taking a full swing at the article on Edward Steichen. (I’ve written the lead paragraph there, and assembled the Gallery, but… What was the middle part, again?)
As part of that, I’ve created my first article from scratch, about the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit that Steichen commanded during WWII. I think it’s turned out fairly well — sourced, neutral, a Gallery of representative photos… not bad for a brand new article.
Anyway… I thought some of you might have an interest. (as he looked at pecunium)
I first heard an edit by dj lobsterdust with his version of “Jenny’s Superstitious” (Stevie Wonder’s “Superstitious” vs The Killers’ “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.” Get your copy today.)
Anyway, ld has been doing this for a while. Years. Below is a video of Saysayism AllStar Jam: “Not since USA For Africa has such a collection of mega-stars been assembled for a musical cause. Featuring: Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Nelly Furtado, Nine Inch Nails, Mary J Blige, Diana Ross, Rick James and The Temptations”
The editing for the video matches the editing for the audio. Absolutely amazing.
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From this CDW commercial, which first ran in the late 1990s when I was at Barbeques Galore, and ordering a lot from CDW. They actually sent me a CD-ROM with this as an .AVI file.
“I’m taking User Error to a whole new level!”
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…at least somewhat.
My letter to the editor regarding Rob McKenna’s illegal law suit has been posted on their “Northwest Voices” blog. That’s basically their letters overflow page. It’s possible it’ll be printed in the paper version of the newspaper, but it’s unclear.
In the comments section:
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“If you are truly a conservative, then you must be appalled that for the 1st time in 200+ years, the Federal Government is forcing everyone to purchase a product from a private business.”
But those previous times Congress did force everyone to purchase a product from a private business are instructive, especially since they’re from early Congresses composed of many of the Framers of the Constitution.
There’s the Militia Act of 1792, which mandates every male citizen, “provide himself with a good musket or firelock…” and various other supplies. This was not provided by the government; the citizen had to buy it on his own from private vendors.
Then there’s the Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen from May 1802, which establishes both a government mandated insurance program and the first payroll tax in America.
Many say they respect the Founders; few act like they do when the Founders disagree with them.
…to azahru!
Kevin Kelly points to a thing akirlu had told me about offline: A choir of 185 voices, assembled virtually. The piece is “Lux Aurumque,” by composer/conductor Eric Whitacre.
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This reminds me in sound quite a bit of when we were at the Tacoma Museum of Art and saw an installation of The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff. (Here’s a listing at Tate Liverpool, with a picture showing an installation very similar to what we saw.) For all that Whitacre’s piece sounds fine, and watching it is fun, there was something special in being able to go from speaker to speaker in the Cardiff installation, and hear the singers individually.
To the Editors (of the Seattle Times):
As a conservative, I find Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna’s joining of the lawsuit by Republican Attorneys General to be disappointing (“Health-care lawsuit throws spotlight on McKenna’s politics,” March 31). It isn’t just that the lawsuit is, on its face, frivolous (how can a sector of the economy everyone agrees is 15% of GDP not be interstate commerce?), and literally doesn’t pass the laugh test. No, it’s because if Mr. McKenna objects to the bill as a private citizen, he is free to oppose it any legal way he wants. However, he isn’t opposing it as a private citizen; he’s spending public tax money on a personal partisan agenda. That is against both Article XI, section 14 of the Washington state constitution (“Private Use of Public Funds Prohibited”), and section 42.17.128 of the Revised Code of Washington (“Use of public funds for political purposes.”) If we take Article XI to mean what it says, Mr. McKenna appears to be committing a felony.
There is indeed an unconstitutional power grab for political reasons at the heart of this lawsuit.
It isn’t by the US Congress.
Sincerely,
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