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by Lee S. Strickland
Lee S. Strickland,
is currently a professor at the
April 2005 has seen the beginning of a national discussion on the 16 provisions of the USA Patriot Act that will "sunset" or automatically terminate on December 31, 2005, unless re-authorized by Congress. Perhaps no other legislation in recent times has so widely polarized the American people from those who would change not a word to those who believe it is an unwarranted assault on American constitutional values. However, beyond the merits of the individual sections to be re-authorized (discussed below), there is the issue of scope. These few provisions that are under consideration constitute a very small and somewhat arbitrary choice of sections from this expansive Act, which extends to 1016 sections over a total of 131 pages. In point of fact, many of the government activities of civil liberties concern are simply not part of the pending debate. This omission is because they are predicated on other sections of the Act that will continue in full force (such as the effectively unlimited detention of aliens by the Attorney General pursuant to §412) or because they have been pursued by the Administration independent of the Act (for example, the imprisonment of both citizens and non-citizens as enemy combatants outside of the criminal justice system or the various initiatives for data mining of commercial data repositories).
Although the debate is limited in law, one fact is clear: the issue of civil liberties is of concern to average Americans, especially when their attention is focused on the issue, as well as to a substantial number of members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. Hundreds of local jurisdictions have voted to oppose the Act (politically symbolic acts largely without legal effect), bills in Congress to restrict specific Patriot Act provisions in the past have failed just by a tie vote, and the public, according to opinion polls, believes the FBI is intruding on their privacy.
There is one additional fact of interest and that is the change in tenor of the debate. Where previously Attorney General Ashcroft equated discussion of the issue with disloyalty, stating that those who raise the specter of lost liberties only aid terrorists, there is now a degree of balance. For example, our new Attorney General Gonzalez has stated that the goal of re-authorization is not only to give law enforcement the tools they need to keep America safe but also to honor our values and our Constitution. And in so stating, the Department of Justice on April 5, 2005, released the first detailed use of their powers under the USA Patriot Act (see www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr2005/April/05_opa_163.htm). Among other facts: the infamous §215 powers that authorize the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to issue orders to any entity for the production of any information that is required for a foreign intelligence investigation have been used 35 times but not yet against a library or bookstore.
As a professor at the University of Maryland, who comes from a career in the intelligence community largely with CIA but maintains a strong belief in the importance of individual rights, I believe that I bring a unique perspective and opinion to the issue at hand: the government is still failing to deliver on their new promise to honor our Constitutional values in this re-authorization effort. I submit that we need to pay real attention to civil liberties because of the new powers, including the broader authority to operate domestically as well as the developing technical ability of the government to "connect the dots." Together, these developments present a quintessential question: How does the United States avoid the intelligence abuses of the past yet acquire the needed information to protect citizens' lives and property?
The wrong answer is to balance civil liberties and government power an approach that suggests we will have a little of both. The right answer is to engineer civil liberties with the same enthusiasm and attention that we are engineering additional powers for the government, and if we fail to do so we risk not only our liberties but the powers that we need to keep America safe. As evidence of this proposition, we need to look no further than the story behind CAPPS II the Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-Screening System II that would evaluate passenger risk by data mining commercial and government data repositories. Here, the failure to address civil liberties concerns resulted in a failure of support across a broad spectrum of the political landscape and finally caused Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Ridge to terminate the program, replacing it with Secure Flight, which is raising many of the same concerns currently.
Today, because of this policy failure, we are left with an ad hoc, arbitrary, inefficient and data-poor system to ensure airline safety. It is no exaggeration to suggest that todays Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a model authoritarian police agency, albeit with polite agents, where individuals are singled out for intrusive inquiries and even denied transportation for reasons that will never be disclosed to them. And to compound this situation, the decision-making in this system is highly suspect in terms of efficacy. For example, the system will identify a given individual as a security risk but cannot identify a co-traveler whose ticket was purchased by the so-called security risk even a high-value last minute ticket that should be suspect in general. Clearly, the current system does not have even a rudimentary intelligence analysis capability that might work to make America safer.
follows that we need to approach re-authorization as an engineering
task with dual objectives. We must be able to show that the powers
are necessary (that other existing or less intrusive means are
unavailing), that they are productive (they are producing
convictions or otherwise combating terrorism) and, most important,
that there are effective methods for oversight and redress. Let me
offer three examples.
the §215 powers changed the requirement that there be probable
cause that the target was an agent of a foreign power to a simple
requirement that the government assert the information is required
for an investigation. Is that change, essentially changing the role
of the courts to a rubber stamp, necessary? It may be more
convenient for the government, but that does not mean the prior
process hindered, much less hampered, government investigations.
are there truly notable results? To date, we have seen some 400
prosecutions in the war on terrorism, but convictions in less than
half and a significant number of those for relatively minor offenses
such as credit card fraud and immigration violations. Certainly
there have been some successes, but many more failures (for example,
the Brandon Mayfield fingerprint debacle) and no clear evidence that
all of the USA Patriot Act powers are demonstrably and uniquely
and most important, there is the lack of oversight and redress.
Individual rights can be protected only by independent guardians
operating in the public light. With the greatly reduced role of the
FISC and the essentially powerless Civil Liberties Oversight Board
that was established by the December passage of the Intelligence
Reform Act, there are no meaningful oversight mechanisms. However,
there is also no reason why one could not be established. For
example, Britain's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (roughly
equivalent to our USA Patriot Act) established a comprehensive
independent authority in 2000 the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
to oversee intelligence activities with the authority to
interview any member of and have access to any records of the
intelligence services and to issue any orders to remedy violations
of rights under national or European Community law. This logical
scheme has not endangered Britain's security, and similar oversight
in the United States is fully appropriate.
date, we have had only limited progress in this regard. For example,
24 representatives, including Christopher Van Hollen and Elijah
Cummings, recently introduced H.R. 1310 to enhance the powers of the
Civil Liberties Oversight Board to grant it subpoena authority,
make it independent with fixed terms of office and require that the
membership be qualified and bipartisan. All are common-sense
requirements for effectiveness, and without these steps the board
effectively would be powerless. For example, it could not gain
access to information held by private companies that perform many
intelligence and homeland security functions, the members could be
dismissed at any time if their actions displeased the president and
Congress largely would not know their activities and findings. As
mentioned previously, only independent guardians operating in the
public light can protect individual rights.
lets consider several of the re-authorization provisions from
this perspective of necessity, productivity and oversight
keeping in mind that these provisions were selected rather
arbitrarily from the many hundreds of provisions in the USA Patriot
Act and generally concern or focus on electronic surveillance. We
must also realize that the Patriot Act addressed provisions both in
our criminal law system, with its foundation in the 4th
Amendment and probable cause of criminal activity as a standard, and
our intelligence system, with its foundation in the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), utilizing standards of
probable cause that the subject under investigation is an agent of a
foreign power or less stringent grounds and utilizing the secret
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).
The following are the least and most controversial sections:
Enhanced penalties to the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Used
twice in drug trafficking investigations; not yet critical to the
war on terrorism but an extremely logical change given the pervasive
and growing risk of computer crime.
Broadened authority to seek intelligence court orders for
As discussed previously, it is one of the most controversial of the
USA Patriot Act authorities. The primary concern is the elimination
of standards for the issuance of such orders (any material can be
demanded from any entity based only on an assertion by the
government that it is required) and the lack of evidence that
such change was necessary. Is there any cogent reason why providing
a more substantive role to federal judges is not appropriate given
the very broad scope of this authority?
These provisions better mesh law enforcement and intelligence
Sharing of law enforcement information with intelligence
Used many times and highly logical considering that law enforcement
information is collected under the stricter probable cause of
criminal action standard and passed to the intelligence
environment with a standard of agent of a foreign power or
simply that information is required.
Allowing dual intelligence and law enforcement investigation:
Perhaps the most complicated provision, its effect was to eliminate
the so-called wall between law enforcement and intelligence
investigations and allow the use of the lower standard intelligence
warrants when intelligence and law enforcement purposes are present
in a given case and thus criminal prosecutions will likely ensue.
The concern is that this dual focus will subtly erode the 4th
Amendment criminal standard of probable cause of criminal conduct
with the intelligence standard of agent of a foreign power or
simply the required requirement for certain intelligence
orders. The Department of Justice cites usage in the Portland
Seven case but media reports suggest many other issues in
situations that would appear to be routinely criminal. Much more
information is required to make a judgment on the continuation of
this inherently logical but potentially corrosive provision.
A number of technical provisions relate to electronic
Roving wiretap provisions added to the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act:
Similar to the authority in the criminal arena, it has been used 49
times. Perhaps the greatest criticism is the lack of understanding
as to whether roving wiretaps in general that follow persons and
not specific communications devices are effectively being
exercised in an overly broad manner that extends beyond the
authorizing basis.
Extension of duration of FISA electronic surveillance and
physical search orders:
Used many times and only with the specific approval of a federal
judge; logical with significant saving of time by FBI and Department
of Justice lawyers, which improves the efficiency of the war on
terrorism efforts without any appreciable impact on individual
Harmonizes rules for access to stored voice-mail with rules for
e-mail: Used
many times, albeit exclusively in major criminal investigations
including drug smuggling; logical but with no impact on war on
Harmonizes rules for pen registers (record numbers dialed) and
trap-and-trace (record incoming numbers) in intelligence and law
enforcement cases:
Previously, intelligence cases to identify numbers dialed required a
showing of probable cause that the target was an agent of a foreign
power, whereas in criminal cases there was only a necessity showing.
Logical and proven necessary in a number of terrorism cases.
Nationwide reach of search warrants for electronic evidence in
criminal cases: Logical
provision that demonstrably increases efficiency and productivity
with notable results.
And three provisions are of specific interest to schools,
libraries and service providers (in addition to §215 discussed
Allows electronic communications service providers broader
authority to share content with government authorities in an
emergency: Minimal usage. Initially there
were concerns that the provision would be used by the government to
encourage providers to disclose content on a wholesale basis.
Jurisdiction to sue federal officials: An obscure and largely meaningless section that allows
lawsuits for inappropriate release of information by a federal
official. Never used and unlikely to be used.
Immunity for compliance with FISC orders: Fair and logical provision since recipients such as a library
or school would have little reason or knowledge to comply or not
with a court order that appears valid in all respects.
may be evident, there is considerable complexity in the
re-authorization debate as well as limitations in the larger civil
liberties debate in the post-9/11 world because so many issues are
not part of the reauthorization. But in this debate and in my
judgment the powers authorized by sections §215 and §218 require
the closest consideration.
there are also a range of questions about the general scope of the
USA Patriot Act that continue to cause confusion and uncertainty
among members of the academic and library community. In brief, here
are a few of those questions and answers:
· Could the pen/trap provision collect header information in e-mail transactions and Web surfing that implicitly reveals content? Generally, no. The Department of Justice has confirmed that this is avoided but various technology issues still present questions.
· Is a service provider such as a library or university required to take any specific actions under the Patriot Act? No. The Act neither requires a provider to change current data retention practices nor reconfigure their systems to facilitate compliance with a court order. There is, however, a provision that requires preservation of existing information upon written demand, if it exists, pending receipt of an appropriate judicial order.
· Could the provision that allows ISPs to request law enforcement assistance serve as a general path of unrestricted entrée for law enforcement? No. The authority under this provision can only be invoked by the provider.
· Does the general secrecy provision of all FISA (i.e., intelligence) orders limit contact with counsel or senior management? No; while the individual and the institution receiving a FISA order may not disclose the fact of or details concerning the order, counsel and senior management may be informed and there is a little recognized fact: counsel may file any legal challenges, albeit under seal, that appear appropriate.
· Are there other issues for libraries, universities and even individual professors beyond the specifics of the USA Patriot Act? Yes; according to a post-9/11 survey by the University of Illinois, there is a 4-1 ratio between voluntary requests for information requests by law enforcement and judicial demands for information. This means that any protocol for receipt and response to search warrants and other forms of judicial process must address the much greater likelihood that law enforcement will simply request information. And the surprising fact is that the Illinois study revealed that there is a stunning 50% compliance rate for such voluntary requests actions that might well violate state student or library patron confidentiality laws.
The bottom line on the USA Patriot Act re-authorization is that while tools are required by the government, especially given the evolution in technology and the change in operational characteristics of the threat (from a monolithic symmetric threat to one that is highly diverse, networked and asymmetric), direct judicial involvement as well as effective oversight is even more required. We can engineer both objectives if we, as a nation, continue to engage in a meaningful discussion.
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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This project was just provisioned. You can see the proposal here.
WindowBuilder is composed of SWT Designer and Swing Designer and makes it very easy to create Java GUI applications without spending a lot of time writing code. Use the WYSIWYG visual designer and layout tools to create simple forms to complex windows; the Java code will be generated for you. Easily add controls using drag-and-drop, add event handlers to your controls, change various properties of controls using a property editor, internationalize your app and much more.
WindowBuilder is built as a plug-in to Eclipse and the various Eclipse-based IDEs (RAD, RSA, MyEclipse, JBuilder, etc.). The plug-in builds an abstract syntax tree (AST) to navigate the source code and uses GEF to display and manage the visual presentation.
Generated code doesn't require any additional custom libraries to compile and run: all of the generated code can be used without having WindowBuilder Pro installed. WindowBuilder Pro can read and write almost any format and reverse-engineer most hand-written Java GUI code. It also supports free-form code editing (make changes anywhere...not just in special areas) and most user re-factorings (you can move, rename and subdivide methods without a problem).
Welcome to the new WindowBuilder homepage! We are thrilled to see WindowBuilder emerge as a new open source project, and we are excited to work with the Eclipse community to grow and evolve the tool.
We are in the process of getting the initial code contributions into Eclipse and into the IP review process. In the meantime, if you are interested in the project, you can see the current docs for the project at code.google.com.
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5 Stylish Stockpots
Soup simmering in the stockpot at the back of the stove is a comforting and nourishing sight. And it feels great, too. As I've been nursing a cold for the last week, a steamy stockpot has offered a world of relief more than a few times already in this new year:
I love my classic Le Creuset, but there are other really nice ones out there to choose from. Here are five favorites:
- You can find this vintage enamelware stockpot by Dansk with a little searching. This particular one, in brown enamel, is available from Fabulous Mess at Etsy. $55
- Classic speckled metal is familiar and cool. Cheap ones from the local hardware store were standard issue for all intern apartments when I worked at the minimalist haven Chinati Foundation. The one pictured is from Martha Stewart at Macy's. $50
- This cheery yellow ("dijon") enameled steel pot is from Le Creuset, available at Amazon for $40.
- By Bayou Classic Pots, this cast iron jambalaya pot can be used indoors or out. Available at Cooking.com. $78
- This one's a major splurge, but is definitely strong in the style department. It's designed by the minimalist John Pawson and available at Sur la Table. $420
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Christmas lights, Texas Style
CEDAR PARK, TX (KXAN) -- Meet John Storms.
Storms and his family have only lived in this home in their Cedar Park, TX subdivision for a few months, but even before he started unpacking all the moving boxes, he started unpacking the Christmas lights.
Nothing says "hello neighbors" like putting up more than 25,000 lights.
Still, Storms' neighbors don't mind, in fact they love the idea that they have their own Clark Griswold.
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Winter Weather to Arrive in Missoula Sunday Night and Monday [AUDIO]
Missoulians have been enjoying a spectacular fall season for the past few weeks, but that pleasant weather is coming to a close after this weekend.
Meteorologist Mike Johnson with the National Weather Service said on Thursday, October 24 that winter weather will arrive late Sunday night and into Monday morning.
"We do expect a system to move out of Canada and will bring with it much colder temperatures, strong winds and along with that some snow, although not much in the valleys of Western Montana," Johnson said. "The bigger issues will be cold temperatures. Sunday's high will be in the 50's, but on Monday we'll see temperatures drop by 20 to 30 degrees, and winds will gust up to 45 miles per hour."
Johnson said the main concern will be roads turning slick very rapidly.
"Starting Sunday night, moisture may start as rain, but it will quickly change over to snow," Johnson said. "With the surge of moisture on Sunday night, we could see any moisture on the road flash-freeze, making for unexpected slick conditions."
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My Dear Dr. René,
I think I have been visiting you now for more number of years than I can remember. My age is to be blamed for my poor memory. At 80, I can hardly remember much. Yet, what I can never forget is your pleasing smile each time you saw me enter your clinic.
And the patience with which you listened to my never-ending health woes... and the brilliance with which you diagnosed the problem and treated it – I'm eternally grateful.
As I was sipping my morning coffee today, I happened to come across an article in a health magazine which said that according to a survey, nearly 78 percent of the doctors become patients themselves. I was astonished and worried at the same time, for I would never want my favourite family doctor to fall sick! The article said that since the job of a doctor demands them to be available all the time, they are hardly able to get sufficient rest and are also quite stressed out.
After reading the article, I called up a friend of mine, Dr. Devi Shetty, a famous cardiac surgeon in Bangalore (whom I once happened to meet on a visit to India). He told me something very interesting which I'd like to share with you. He said that while a doctor's body needs to endure long hours of standing to perform an operation, his mind has to be equally or more fit to endure the stressful long hours. This is when he let me in on his secret: meditation.
Dr. Shetty also said that a surgeon getting into pressure and anxiety does not help the patient and so meditation helps keep the mind calm and relaxed so that we are able to support the patient in turn. I was quite touched by his words and immediately felt the need to write to you and share this.
I do realize doctor that considering your extensive experience in the profession, I'm in no position to give you any word of advice. Yet because you have always been so kind to me, not just as a family doctor but as a friend and guide all through these years, I would just request you to pay heed to this. Meditation is a very simple yet extremely effective technique, so I hear from a few friends - some of whom are doctors who practice meditation themselves. They shared varying benefits of practicing meditation. This very young-at-heart lady has taken the liberty of demanding your attention for a little while longer.
#1: Positive Attitude
I read that meditation helps give a positive mental outlook. I think this would be particularly important in a profession like yours where you keep listening to so many patients sharing their challenges. Meditation can really keep you positive, balanced and unshaken even while you offer them solace.
#2: Energy Booster
The newspaper report said that meditation can instantly charge you up. Being on your toes all the time is not very easy and there may be times when you feel stressed out and pulled down on energy. Maybe you can try meditating then. The report mentioned that just 20 minutes of meditation can give you such deep rest and refresh you for the day.
#3: Makes You More Patient With Your Patients
Now I know that you have oodles of patience in you (I have seen you interact with each patient with a smile and keen interest in listening to their problems). But I'm just sharing what I read in the article. Meditation can really help increase our patience. The report also said that the virtue of patience is the most relevant in the field of medicine. And this is where it can help doctors deal with so many different kinds of patients each day, each moment in an effective way.
#4: Gives You More Time
I remember you once sharing with me when your six-year-old daughter was sick and needed you to be with her at home. You said in a profession like yours, there is hardly any room for family time. So when I read in the article that meditation can even help balance work and personal life, I was instantly reminded of you.
The report said that regular practice of meditation helps improve time management and focus so that you are able to give your 100 percent to what you are doing. This means that when you are with your family, you can actually spend quality time with them (however little it may be) which they will truly cherish. Maybe you can try this out too. And if it helps you manage your time better, it would mean you can spend more time with your daughter. Wouldn't that be nice?
#5: Increases Intuitive Ability
There was an interesting fact about the practice of medicine which caught my eye. It said that not all diagnosis is blood report-based. Doctors need to be highly intuitive to diagnose the condition and prescribe corrective treatment. Now I understand how you were able to tell merely by feeling my pulse that I had not eaten something right for dinner the previous evening and so my stomach was upset which caused fever!
Of course, there is no denying that you have earned this intuitive ability in your work experience over the years. But you know doctor, if you practice 20 minutes of meditation daily, you can enhance this ability even more and intuition would come to you much faster! That article said that meditation helps improve clarity of mind and makes you more intuitive.
How can docs meditate?
- All you need to do is just sit comfortably in a quiet corner, close your eyes and be with yourself. You may start with 10 minutes and gradually increase it to 20 as you get comfortable.
- See what time suits you best for meditation. You may do it while going to work for 10 minutes (if you are not driving). Before a surgery, meditation can be the best thing to do. It instantly calms the mind and sharpens focus.
- Once you start experiencing its benefits, you may want to encourage at least one doctor or nurse on your team every week to follow suit. The more doctors, the better they can get!
Before I end this letter doctor, there's just one last thing I'd like to share with you. I have a friend, Ms. Bente Skovborg – she's a senior craniosacral therapist (CST) who also meditates. She once told me that regularly meditating has enhanced the loving and caring side of her personality which has immensely helped her as a doctor. She feels she has become much more humane in dealing with her patients, which for her is extremely important when she takes CST sessions.
I would only say one thing which I have experienced in my life – meeting a good doctor means 50 percent of your problem taken care of. I was extremely lucky to have met a doctor like you to take care of me and I would always wish more and more people to receive this loving care from you. And I think meditation can only add more to what you are already gifted with.
With lots of love and warm regards,
Elizabeth Casey
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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (UK - BD)
Marcus has been hired to kill someone. After seeing this, he can't be bothered...
Walter Weed (Tom Berenger), a disabled FBI agent, has become the target of a three million dollar bounty. He doesn't know why, but bizarrely he knows when, and if the batch of psychotic assassins that are out to get kill him fail before the deadline, the deal's over. Now all the FBI has to do is protect Weed and wait until the time runs out. But as with the original Smokin' Aces, it's not going to be that easy.
I never liked the original Smokin' Aces. Despite the cast, despite the high octane action sequences, and despite the Tarantino-wannabe cool factor, I just walked away from it more bored than thrilled and didn't but into any of it. Unsurprisingly that pattern follows here, with Assassins' Ball providing more of the same but with a cheapened direct-to-video sheen to make things even more guff.
Despite picking up the general set up and what the players had to do, I've gotta say, I found the first forty odd minutes of this sequel almost unintelligible. I understood the words coming out of the characters' mouths but I'll be damned if I knew what most of them were talking about and how it related to the goings on. Berenger was probably the worst offender of this but all of the characters are thrown at you with such a mishmash of styles and clichés that I just found it really difficult to care. I just wanted something to happen already.
After an hour or so wait, things finally get around to kicking off and the assassins turn up at the FBI safe house (carefully disguised as a Jazz club, which incidentally isn't holding a 'ball' as the title might imply). After a few half assed attempts to build tension, mainly involving Vinnie Jones, a couple of the other would be assassins try to weasel their way into the hidden bunker, then the Tremor family arrive and really get things underway. This begins with them firing a clown through the window with a circus cannon and in the only inspired element of the movie, the clown is rigged with explosives, kicking off the shoot out with a boom.
It's here that Smokin' Aces 2 gets a bit more fun (and I really do mean 'a bit') with guns going off all over the place, characters dying and the Tremors pepping up events by using a bazooka in a bar shootout (come on, who isn't going to have fun with that?). Unfortunately, it's all downhill after that. The more than obvious twist arrives and the story comes to a head but in amongst all of this chaos all I kept finding myself doing is question what was actually happening here. For example, how did they manage to get that much C4 into the FBI safe house without them knowing? How did the character 'AK-47 Tremor' (the O.C's Autumn Reeser—who's having a riot in this role) get in the back way where we were told from the start that there was no back way in? If there was only four minutes to go before the deadline ended, why did the last speech revealing what was really going on last about ten?
Anyway, as you can probably tell, I wasn't that blown away by this sequel. I may have missed the point somewhere along the line and maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to be swept away by another Smokin' Aces movie. Whatever the reason is, this movie did absolutely nothing to keep me interested and despite the fairly cool abrupt ending, I just spent most of the movie wanting every character to just die in an explosion, much the same feeling I had with the original.
As with most DTV releases, this looks less like a movie and more like a glossy TV show. The best comparison I can come up with style wise is Smallville. Scenes are filled with bright garish greens, reds and bright oranges, providing a bright palette. All of this is countered with deep blacks and high contrast levels and everything comes off as trying to hide the illusion of a low budget (though failing miserably).
Despite the cheap visuals and the obvious corner cutting due to budget, the transfer itself can't really be knocked. The image is clean and pretty much grain free. Colours are presented very well with brightly coloured fabrics showing themselves off with that HD pop. The detail levels are acceptable, if not a little washed out and the transfer generally has a warm unnatural glow to it, even in the darkest of moments.
Smokin' Aces 2 isn't trying to be that clever with its visuals and I'd guess with the budget, they couldn't if they wanted to but the HD transfer here shows off every cheap trick it has to offer. From terrible film set locations, god awful CGI explosions and flimsy sets. Make no mistake the transfer is a good one but it shows off every nook and cranny of this DTV release.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track can be summed up in one word. Frantic! One minute we get low dialogue in the front speakers with a heart beating bit of score to add tension, floating in the rear speakers then we're suddenly attacked with a rip roaring cut away with a metal guitar scraping on your senses and the thumping of someone getting punched or shot. It's all pretty powerful and impressive stuff and as with the style of the movie, it's not designed to be subtle.
Pretty much every scene has atmospherics sitting in the rear speakers—whether it be bar dwellers, creaks, or flying bullets—and of course when the shoot out arrives, the track goes ape shit. Each weapon coming with its own distinct boom or varying levels of bass to pack extra punch. In amongst all that you get blood splatters smashing furniture and fists connecting with faces. All in all it's a track that uses its power effectively and goes for the jugular.
There are ten minutes of deleted scenes, all presented in standard definition and all of them relatively pointless and the 'Gag Reel' (06:32 SD) has a few chuckles but nothing that memorable.
'Behind the Scenes with Joe Carnahan' (06:30 HD) has the producer starting off by telling us that Smokin' Aces is misunderstood, though his reasons why, didn't really change my opinion. Also with the bucket load of clips they show from the original really shows off just how cheap the style of the sequel is in comparison.
'Confessions of an Assassin' (25:59 HD) is the making of and its pretty conventional stuff with cast giving their opinions and the director giving little nuggets of information as it moves along.
'Ready, Aim, Fire: The Weapons of Smokin' Aces 2' (04:17 HD) has the cast listing the weapons they use followed by a few nerdy top trumps facts and figures about them and shots of them being fired on set.
'Cue the Clown' (02:57 HD) focuses on the scene where the bomb rigged clown arrives through the set window and how that scenes was put together and 'The Bunker Mentality: Designing the Set' (03:35 HD) concentrates on the main set of the movie.
Lastly we get the commentary from producer Joe Carnahan and director P.J. Pesce who spend their time telling each other stories in relation to what's on screen, harking back to the original movie and seem to be having a whale of a time. As it drags on everything gets a little more technical and little more spaced out only to ramp back up again during the shoot out.
Smokin Aces 2 joins the ranks of the other dodgy DTV releases and no doubt more will be spewed out before the sales drop right off. Despite its big flashy shoot outs and over the top characters, it has to be said that not that much happens on the build up to the closing scenes. The story is obvious with a very guessable twist, the characters are all but forgettable and at the end of the day it's all guts and no glory (and even the guts ain't much to write home about).
As for the disc, it's solid in both video and audio departments and a little fluffy in extras. It's not a bad little package overall considering the DTV nature of the release but even with that said, I'm not entirely sure who's gonna want to buy this.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
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You hit the nail on the head, my good fellow. It really does look like a sh*t TV pilot. Compare that with the forthcoming Universal Soldier Regeneration, which had a proper DP,(Peter Hyams), doing his thing.
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Video: 1080p
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Colour: Yes
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
Some Real Coloring and Kids' Books
We didn't have VCRs when I was a kid so it was hard to copy cartoon drawings from the actual cartoons. I used to instead copy the drawings from comic books, coloring books and Golden books. These weren't usually drawn by animators (although some were) but it was the best school for cartooning I could get! - Comic strips too, of course.
People are lucky today; they can study classic cartoons frame by frame, there are tons of blogs with info about the old cartoons and even lessons. So why do cartoons look crappier than ever?
25 comments:
- Emmett said...
YAY! Thank you for posting these, Mr. K.
I would love to see these sort of images animated. The characters look just as charming and appealing as ever.
- David Gale said...
These are mighty fetching! The top 2 are brilliantly composed.
- Mattieshoe said...
There really is no excuse for ugly cartoons anymore.
Any animator, cartoonist, or background artist looking for help can just visit your blog and get all the raw cartoon-making materials they need.
Speaking of Modern Cartoons, What's your opinion on "The Mighty B", John?
It's definitely the best-looking cartoon in a while. (not that that should be such an achievement.)
and I can see alot of your influence in it.
it still has a bit of residue from the Flat, symmetrical Fairly Odd parents style that's being imitated everywhere, but it's still pretty fun visually, and the Animation is good.
- Joseff!!1 said...
interesting takes on old coloring books, love the first two ones, the colors are awesome,
thanks Prof.
- Jim Rockford said...
Wow!,these are really incredible!
My favorites in this lineup would have to be the Barney Rubble sticker book,and the Baba Looey one!
Interesting to see Fred wearing a different color loin cloth!
As to why cartoons look crappier than ever even with the huge amount of brilliant artists from the past to study and draw inspiration from,that is one of lifes great mysterys.
My theory is that its because it takes *actual talent*,time and effort to do so,and with examples like Family Guy,American Dad ,South Park and all the crap japanimation and cgi stuff anyone who can hold a pencil be a "cartoonist whether they have any talent or not.
so they'd rather skate by with as little actual effort as possible.
Its also easier to sell moron execs on more of the same too.
I think most of them are too absorbed in this current degenrate culture to even think to deeply about the past.
Remember,we are living in a culture that embraces ugliness and lack of class.
they cant dress themselves properly,they publish "art books" on gang graffiti,thrive on irony and listen to crap music with repetitive synthetic beats and violent,vulgar lyrics.
So expecting them to be able to
respect and appreciate anything on a higher plane is asking too much.
Its only likely to get worse with all the computer generated crap that removes the artist that much further from the work.
Take a look at the commercials for "Kung Foo Panda".
more ugly designs and characters with 'tude,a forulaic threadbare story and celebrity voice actors.
People actually get paid to come up with this shit?!
I mean come on folks,we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here!
We'll at least they get to use some more bad puns for the posters!
those are always amusing.
"its pandamonium!"
I think they have third graders think that stuff up.
Anwyay,I'm looking forward to seeing your George Liqour Show!
Hopefully the network exec's wont water your ideas down!
give 'em hell.
- HemlockMan said...
I liked that kind of thing when I was a kid. That first one reminded me of one of my favorite comics when I was around seven or so...CAVE KIDS. I rarely see copies in the back issue boxes.
- Rudy Tenebre said...
Aw Christ, 90 percent of the merchandising surrounding animated cartoons is abysmal in translation(e.g. these coloring books, and the old Gold Key and Dell comic stuff too) --!
Not even your rigorous collections will distract me from this unfortunate fact, John.
That's a good question, John. That's a good question. If we can see old cartoons frame by frame, why do modern cartoons suck? 1. People are lazy, 2. TV networks think that these old cartoons are "boring" and that kids won't like 'em (park a kid in front of Bugs Bunny and he'll watch it for hours on end) 3. Nipplegate. All I've got to say about that.
Oh, and to Mattie Shoe about "The Mighty B: I've seen it at least twice. I admit, it has some good animation with that flat 2D FOP feel. But plotwise...meh.
- Racattack Force said...
These covers are certainty amazing. As for ugly cartoons, blame Hanna-Barbara. As much as I enjoyed these guys, their many stiff cartoons of the 70s and 80s caused the kids who watched these to do some of the same techniques when they became the animators of our current time.
- JonnyPlank said...
Why do they look crappier than ever? I have a sneaking suspicion that it has something to do with animators who aren't entirely focused on the animation side of animation. They do most things through a program, and treat the "illusion of movement" like a chore they try to avoid through programs that do lipsynching and tweening for you. The movements look sloppy, because they don't want to draw it all out; they just want to get the idea conveyed and move on to the next scene.
Not all animations fall prey to this, but it's a trend that's been growing. Ruby Gloom, 6Teen, Grossology, Growing up Creepie, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Jacob Two-Two and others are proof of this. And although these shows do have their moments, these moments are created by a single individual on each crew. Only a few of the people making any given show actually seem to care what it LOOKS like enough to actually try.
And I think that these shows' "style" is largely inspired by shows like The Power Puff Girls and Samurai Jack. Super-stylized shows made by people who KNOW what they're doing; people who understand composition and visual gags.
A lot of new stuff looks like those crappy flash animations from the 90's, where the characters were just individual drawings of parts, and the computer animated them rotating at pre-designated joints.
I think the mass-consumption of such low quality garage animation on the web (Through sites like Newgrounds) may be what helped validate that as a polished product in the public opinion.
...But what do I know? I'm just a visual arts major in Canada, who has a strong interest in animation, because he's a dork who watches children's programing for actual entertainment.
- Taber said...
Maybe it's simple supply and demand.
As the knowledge becomes prolific and easy to obtain, it's value diminishes and students take it less and less seriously. Whereas previously where cartoon knowledge and fine art skills were very hard to obtain, those receiving that knowledge valued it very highly and thus retained more of it.
Or maybe we all secretly like shitty looking cartoons.
- Kali Fontecchio said...
You should show some of the genius coloring inside the books! Hwaaa!
- Booo Tooons Ltd. said...
I watched that Kung Fu Panda, and I have to say, I give it a B.
For CG, very not bad. It looked like they actually knew a thing or two about good strong layouts and visual storytelling. Plus, the opening and closing credits looked very 2D and fun.
Like Samurai Jack. And Jack Black's a real animated character in real life.
I always thought if they made a movie about Termite Terrace, Jack should play Tex Avery.
- trevor.
- lastangelman said...
Problem Present! Damn, I remember that book. That was my favorite of the Rubble books. Didn't Bamm-Bamm learn how to chisel a sculpture of Barney's uncle or something? Is that your book John or is that from Mike's collection?
That character with the spats, I used to love drawing him because he was different than Fred and Barney. How do you depict a "modern" prehistoric caveman as rich or affluent, right? They all wore animal skins and furs, and no pants. I had my Dad explain to me what spats are and why people wore them. A bit of a double anachronism(?)I suppose for most kids to know - cavemen didn't wear spats and in the nineteen-sixties and nineteen-seventies, neither did wealthy people. I just thought it was weird footwear you found in comics and cartoons.
- JonnyPlank said...
In response to Jim Rockford...
Actually, the shows you mentioned do have a value, but it exists entirely in their script. They'd probably do better as radio shows. (Which is actually a damn good idea) The voice acting for those shows, and the jokes are great. But the visual content... Not so much. Even their visual jokes are based entirely on subject matter, and not so much on how it is portrayed. There's no reason for it to be a cartoon, and that's the problem.
And Anime is far from crap when done correctly. The problem is that it's a dying industry, and nobody seems to know how to properly revive it. Hayao Miyazaki is probably their ONLY remaining visionary, and even he's beginning to get set in his ways as he gets older.
Think of anime as the "art nouveau" of animation. Detailed and superfluous. It can be incredible when done right... But with everyone and his dog doing it wrong, it's hard to see that. For proof, watch The Count of Monte Cristo. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. Not crazy and silly, but very dramatic, and the art follows. They break from a lot of anime traditions, and do what real artists do.
On the topic of graffiti... I like graffiti! I dare you to do anything like it! I'm not sure if I agree with the individual artist's reasons for doing what they do... But that's just the way art is sometimes. I see graffiti as a sort of new calligraphy, the young and angry expending their mindless rage on someone's home, hurting them for no reason other than to be loud. It's pointless obnoxious filth. Pure emotion and skill with a spray can, with no reason or logic. And besides that, it's pretty cool looking. A lot of graffiti artists ended up turning their backs on brick walls, and turned toward the canvas. Graffiti can fetch a pretty penny in a gallery! (I would like to point out that there is a difference between graffiti and vandalism. Graffiti is a style.)
And finally, on synthetic music. Again, I like that stuff very much. However, I have to agree with you on the lyrics side of things. I despise mainstream rap culture. I tend to deviate more toward dub, techno, trance, ambience, etc. The non-lyrical stuff can be pretty cool. I'm particularly liking a relatively new band on the scene, called Justice. I think they may have a shot at replacing Daft Punk in popularity, if they can spread enough. Another side is simply synthetically produced music, like a guy using a midi keyboard to make a song out of toilet flush and wind chime sound effects.
That music... Think of it in the terms of any other art form. Artists are inspired by each other. They take bits and pieces of what they hear and see, warp it a little, cut pieces apart, and put them all together into something new. Recycling the old into the new. But these guys do it directly! That actually take the original music, cut it up, paste it all together as they see fit, throw in their own stuff, add a few sound filters, and release it as a new song! They don't need to learn any instruments but their manipulation tools! In this way, a single artist can make music out of ANYTHING he hears! He could even make a full orchestra in his computer, if he wished! And some people have done so. It's unfortunate, though, that many in their field don't seem to see the potential in their work.
I don't understand people who say "Everything's been done". These people are either blind or stupid. There's so much left to be done, it's disheartening, because I know I'll never be able to do it all on my own! And nobody seems to believe me when I tell them how much there is we have yet to do!
- Bitter Animator said...
These are nice and all but... are they really as entertaining as 'A Man To Color'? I'm not so sure.
- PCUnfunny said...
Looking at coloring books like this just reminds me how dull our youth is becoming today. They are being fed junk like "broken glass" cartoons by Nickloedeon and Cartoon Network. I grew up with alot of crap in my day too but I was smart enough to filter it out and see good things.
"He could even make a full orchestra in his computer, if he wished! And some people have done so. It's unfortunate, though, that many in their field don't seem to see the potential in their work."
I don't know why you don't understand how repugnant that is. That is what hollyweird is doing these days. Give me REAL instruments please and keep synthesizers at a proper level.
- Sven Hoek said...
I watched 'The Might B' this weekend and I think it has really nice backgrounds. They are very reminiscent of older cartoons. The stories are rehashed gross-out jokes mostly(which isnt all bad) and Amy does a funny voice but isnt it strange that I will probably watch it again just to see the backgrounds. That's how abysmal cartoons have become these days.
- CHRIS LOPEZ said...
John - Not sure if you checked it out yet? I posted the complete Fip The Frog Coloring Book on my blog. Talk about loving kids? Check this out: http://comicrazys.wordpress.com/
- Jim Rockford said...
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johnnyplank said-
On the topic of graffiti... I like graffiti! I dare you to do anything like it!"
How old are you???
You have the right to like whatever you like,no matter how stupid it is.
but you sound like you're 9 years old when you are an adult and still daring people to do things!
I havent been "dared" since I was in grade school.
"Hey,I dare you stick your head in an airplanes prop while its moving,if you do it and live,you'll be a legend!"
Thats how dumb that sounds.
Sorry,I dont emulate the actions of moronic low lifes who dont mind winding up in jail just for the pathetic "thrill" of being able to impress another ghetto moron by saying,"see that shit on that building,I did that,man".
Graffiti isnt art,its pointless vandalism that costs the taxpayers and bussiness owners a great deal of money to remove.
Art doesnt "just come out that way sometimes",these idiots deliberatley deface someone elses private property.
Its a willfull act of destruction.
are you telling me they cant afford to buy some damn paper or a canvas to desecrate?
This is the computer age,they can make a blog and put their crap there if they must.
Would you like some jack ass spraying the gagage door or fence of your home?
There are all sorts of legitimate ways to "express yourself" and your "art" without doing it at someone elses expense and commiting a criminal act.
there is NO excuse for vandalism PERIOD!
FYI,In all my years of driving around and seeing crap spray painted on buildings and signs etc I never once saw anything even remotely resembling art.
All they're expressing is the ugliness they have inside.
I've got tv and movies all around that do that.
Its just ghetto crap that only means something to another low-life.
I do agree with you about "panda" and most current cartoons.
The humour is almost entirely verbally driven and could easily be done with real actors instead of having a cartoon environment.
Like family guy
Music today sucks.
- Shea said...
I love it when the second (and sometimes third) banana gets their time to shine. I wish these were the kind of coloring books I had as a child.
I remember buying a cartooning book from a book fair in elementary school that showed step by step instructions on drawing classic characters such as these. I wish I still owned it.
- Rudy Tenebre said...
Commenting on more old news, whew! Ol' Jimmy Rockford's Spenglerian rant (do you know who he is, my little animato-gremmies?)about degenrate culture, vandalism, lack of class (meditate on this word a bit, hhhmmmm) vulgarity in music and a lack of tradition...!! Makes one think of Ward Cleaver slipping on the arm-band and off he goes to Adolf's rally..."mit der Hiemlich bilder, und der vat's cooking doc!!!"
- Bedrock Son said...
the covers of the Barney sticker book and the Baba Looey coloring book are really fabulous: too bad illustrators never signed their job:
have you any idea of who has drawned the inside illustrations of the Side Show coloring book ?


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For some odd reason, shoes are the common theme in a spam campaign that apparently has been going on for years, reflecting a longstanding problem with photo tagging spam on Facebook and presenting an inspiration to wannabe hackers. When I get that notification saying "John Smith tagged a photo of you on Facebook," and it links to a picture of shoes, what this really means is Mr. Smith has been hacked and will be confused when all his friends contact to complain about his foray into shoe sales advertisements.
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Why shoes? Apparently, there is good money to be made advertising discount brands of fashion shoes. It's like every other spam campaign that makes you think, "How could anyone fall for that?" And yet, if you can reach enough people, you will reach a fair number of gullible sorts. I'd guess that when they place their orders, there's a better-than-even chance that they won't even get a pair of shoes; they'll just get their credit card numbers stolen.
It doesn't help that sometimes our friends (or Friends) really do abuse the Facebook photo tagging system, which was intended as a way for users who upload a photo to tag the people who appear in that photo. I fairly regularly get tagged by people who are trying to draw my attention to an image (for example, a scanned image of an event flyer), rather than tell me I am in the image. The first few times I got tagged in shoe photos, I thought these people were being obnoxious social marketers, not that they'd been hacked.
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Vilanova swiftly responded to questions about his decision to use Messi as a second-half substitute while resting six Barcelona regulars. He claims it was not about allowing the striker to close in on Gerd Muller's goalscoring record. Messi is one goal behind Muller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year.
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"Lionel Messi is undergoing some tests, but hopefully it is not anything [serious]," he said. "Clearly this is the worst news of the night and hopefully he will be back with us at 100 per cent. We tried to play as we can, we tried, we made chances and it was an open game."


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Lila's Old-and-New Nursery
Name: Lila (2 months)
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Color Inspiration: We knew that we wanted a bright nursery, full of fun primary colors. I selected a neutral color (Behr's Burnished Clay) for the walls, to create a neutral backdrop that could be punctuated with colorful furniture and accessories. I also painted one of the walls with chalkboard paint, which gives us a place to draw pictures and leave little notes for Lila. (Her cousins have a lot of fun with that wall, too!) We really wanted a space that could grow and evolve as Lila grows up.
Color Inspiration continued: Our jumping-off point was the lovely afghan that my mother made for Lila, which contains every color in the rainbow. We painted my childhood dresser and table a fun, bright green and lacquered the kid-sized rocking chair from my own nursery with a vibrant yellow spray paint. The fabric for the crib skirt came from JoAnne fabrics.
Then we found the "Imaginary Castle" wall decal (a Patrick Hruby design) at Blik, and the color scheme really came together! I decided to complement the old Russian design of the decal by bringing in my collection of nesting dolls. When our families saw them displayed they offered to contribute their own dolls, so our two shelves are filled with beautiful, colorful "matryoshki" that have been collected by several generations of family members.
Tip for Using Color: Follow your heart if you find an image, a fabric, or another item that inspires you. Don't worry about creating sets or getting everything to match, and don't be afraid to use color in an unexpected way (like a very brightly colored dresser or crib). A child's room should be a fun and creative space!
Colors Used: Wall color: Burnished Clay, Behr. Trim color: Cloud White, Benjamin Moore. Dresser and table: Green Grass, Behr. Rocking chair: Yellow spray paint, Rustoleum. Accents of red, orange, yellow, shades of green and blue
Thanks for your colorful entry Marcella and good luck!
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The Music Man Cometh
Our band didn't exactly have seventy-six trombones. Four was all we had. There weren't one hundred ten cornets right behind either. But, we did have six. The Dublin Band wasn't the biggest band around, but from 1911-1915, the twenty or so piece marching band was regarded as one of the state's best - so much so that during that half-decade period, Dublin's brass band represented the State of Georgia at the national United Confederate Reunions around the South.
The band's rise to preeminence began in the summer of 1908 when the Dublin City School Board hired Paul Verpoest, a thirty-three-year-old, Belgian-born music professor from Ottumwa, Iowa. As you will see, Paul Verpoest was no Harold Hill, the fictional con artist/music professor made famous by another Iowan, Meredith Wilson, in his immortal play, The Music Man. Shortly after the school term began, Professor Verpoest began to reorganize the pride of the city, the Dublin Military Band. With the aid of his wife Loretta, the French-speaking professor expanded the music program the following year by organizing an orchestra at the school.
The citizens of Macon, Georgia had set their eyes and hung their hopes on securing the 1912 national reunion of the aging Confederate veterans. To boost their cause, Macon enlisted the aid of its largest nearby neighbor. Music, especially the toe-tapping, ear-ringing, flag-waving music of a marching band was just the right instrument to lure the comrades of the United Confederate Veterans to bring the next year's gathering to Macon along with the tens of thousands of dollars in trade such a Southern pride event would bring.
Macon Chamber of Commerce president E.H. Hyman had heard Dublin's band before while he was aiding the Emerald City in the establishment of its own chamber. Hyman recommended the Dublin musicians to accompany the Macon delegation to the national reunion in Little Rock, Arkansas in May of 1911. With the envious invitation in hand, two-hundred Dublin boosters decided that they would tag along and boost their rapidly growing city as well.
Before the band, known as "The Baby Band of Dublin" for its inordinate number of young members, left town, it treated the hometown folks to a concert at the Opera House. The band entertained the crowd with John Phillip Sousa's Semper Fidelis March, Maryland, My Maryland, My Old Kentucky Home, America and the obligatory Dixie, ironically one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite songs and written by Daniel Emmett, of Ohio in 1859. This ensemble of musicians wasn't your typical small-town band with a repertoire of a dozen songs. The boys were well rehearsed and highly proficient in some sixty classic selections.
The band who went to Little Rock was composed of Cornets: George W. Fuller, Henry Blinn, J.D. Tharpe, Robert Powell, Landrum Page, and Melville Tarpley; Alto Saxophone: Mirabeau Arnau; Clarinets: Weyman Tarpley and Arthur Crafts; French Horns: Robert Smith and Jeff Lifsey; Baritone Saxophone: Ramsay Fuller; Trombones: William Brunson, Palmer Currell, Murphy Smith, and R.C. Keen; Tuba: J.T. Hinson; Drums: Louis Thomas and Ullie Peacock; and Cymbals: Lytton Stanley.
To show their pride in their hometown, the members of the band donned armbands with the word Dublin over a shamrock. Brassards were passed out to all those who accompanied the band on the 36-hour ride to Little Rock to show everyone there where Dublin, Georgia was located. Will Underwood led the band in a white flannel uniform with the words across his chest, "Macon for 1912." As the band traveled to Little Rock on a thirteen-coach special train, it played concerts at all stops to promote Macon for the next reunion.
The choice of the Dublin band helped Macon secure the 1912 reunion. To show it's gratitude, the host city gave the Dublin band a handsome loving cup. When Professor Verpoest attempted to express his appreciation, his band burst into a rousing rendition of the crowd pleasing anthem Dixie. The band was just as appreciative for the invitation to tag along on such a memorable trip. Verpoest left the band in 1912 and eventually taught music at Meridian College in Mississippi. He was replaced by E.L. Barton, of Douglas, in the spring of 1912.
The Dublin boys were the first to open the musical festivities for the 1912 reunion. Under the direction of Director Barton, the band played in the band stand at Central City Park to welcome the early arrivals. Herschel Whitehurst and Ben Rogers joined the trumpet section. Owen Bennett replaced Weyman Tarpley on clarinet. Aurice Keen and Marvin Page succeeded R.C. Keen and Murphy Smith on trombone. Felder Kreutz, Clyde Mattox, and Lee Smith were the new alto sax players. Albert Diffenworth played tenor sax. Samiel Daniel was the band's new E Flat bass player. M.C. Moffett took over for Louis Thomas on trap drums.
Dublin was joined by bands from the host city of Macon and the capital city of Atlanta, as well as many from across the South. In addition to several hundred Dubliners in attendance, the newly formed boy scout troop decided to make the trip on foot. Yes, they hiked the entire 54-mile trek to Macon, where they camped in Central City Park.
In 1913 and for the third straight year, the Dublin band represented Georgia. This time it was held at Chattanooga. Two dozen cars of Dublin people joined the band and the two local boy scout troops on a special train. Once again the band was reorganized, this time under the direction of George Chase, of Atlanta.
J.H. Taylor, also of Atlanta, became the band's fourth director in four years in 1914. After a one-year absence, the Dublin band returned to represent Georgia at the 1915 Reunion in Richmond, Virginia after being nominated by Georgia governor John M. Slaton. They were joined by bands from Macon and Moultrie.
Prof. Verpoest returned to Dublin in 1916. Many members of his original band were still playing. The 1916 band was composed of S.D. Daniell, J.D. Tharpe, R.A. Jacobs, Willard Barton, Palmer H. Currell, Talmadge Cowart, W.H. Blinn, H.U. Peacock, Maurice Baggett, George Currell, Pasco Phelps, Roy Callaway, D.G. Daniel, F.G. Kreutz, Guy McNeely, Marion Peacock, Grady Daniel, Ray Lewis, Hal Thomas, Dupree Bishop, J.T. Hinton, Frank Ray, O.B. Overstreet, A. Ausbacher, Smith Dixon, Waddell Jordan, and Fred Jones.
On this Confederate Memorial Day, look away and imagine if you will, you can still hear the sounds of cymbals clanging, drums drumming, and brass blaring the heart-pumping marches and snappy strains of one of the best bands in Dixie land as they proudly marched through the streets of the largest cities of the Old South nearly a century ago.


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The Speaker Red Stripe Blended Scotch Whisky.
Reserved for: Block, Grey & Block Limited, Mayfair, London.
Imported & Bottled by: The Sheffield Co. San Francisco.
No size stated. 86.8 Proof. Good label: Level lower neck. No box.
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A new steak house has opened on the Peninsula.
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Organizers of the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, gearing up for their 20th annual event this summer, expect the city to come alive with the sounds of beating drums, splashing water, jubilant paddlers, enthralled attendees, and music from some of today's hottest artists — including Montreal's own Sam Roberts Band.
The festival, scheduled for June 20-23 at Mooney's Bay Park on Riverside Dr. in Ottawa, brings an exciting blend of dragon boat racing for all ages and skill levels in corporate, community and competitive categories. With more than 200 teams and more than 5,000 paddlers on the Rideau River, North America's largest dragon boating event offers something for everyone. The festival is open to the public and there is no site admission fee.
In addition to Sam Roberts, concerts at the site will include Great Lake Swimmers, the Balconies, Devin Cuddy, Sam Cash and the Romantic Dogs, Kalle Mattson, Autumns Cannon, and the Joynt. "Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks, as we continue to unveil a number of special surprises for this year's celebration," said Antony Cooper, the festival's artistic director. "We are pleased to be able to offer our audience the opportunity to see some of Canada's most talented artists for free all weekend, as part of our annual festivities."
More than 85,000 spectators are expected to converge at the park for the multi-day celebration of the arts, sports, culture and heritage. A Ferris wheel and carousel will add to the excitement, and the Tim Hortons Children's Area will keep youngsters amused with the antics of L'il John the Clown, the Great Balanzo of Acme Circus, illusionist Chris Pilsworth, Little Ray's Reptile Zoo, the Canadian Raptor Conservancy's Birds of Prey show, Radical Science, Paddling Puppeteers, Michael the Magician, and more.
More than 50 artisans and exhibitors will be centrally located near the Royal Oak Pubs Beer Garden, where attendees of legal age can enjoy one of Waterloo Brewing Co.'s tasty beverages—or they can head on over to the beach-side bar for a refreshing Seagram's offering.
Crowds will be shocked and amazed at two astounding extreme sports shows from the Craz-E-Crew BMX Stunt Team and the Chris Clark Bicycle Stunt Show. "We are thrilled to be able to present a high-energy, worldclass, supercharged stunt show," Cooper said."The riders are always pushing to go bigger, faster and higher. Reaching heights of 20 feet above ground, they showcase the most difficult and daring of stunts."
But dragon boats are the raison d'être for this festival. Last year, with strong support from the paddling community, festival sponsors, grant recognition from all levels of government, and the extremely hard work of some very dedicated volunteers, the festival experienced unprecedented success. Building on that success, "the 20th annual festival is shaping up to be our largest ever," said John Brooman, festival CEO."We are excited to offer such a diverse group of quality performers —our most exciting entertainment lineup so far — and hope families join us for all the fun at theTim Hortons Children's Area.
"We will also be hosting our first ever Tiki Beach Gala and, as always, there will be non-stop dragon boat racing." Teams come from across the country, including from Montreal, as well as from Boston, Philadelphia and Vermont to compete in the races.
In addition to enjoying the fun, paddlers and attendees raise funds to support the seven local charities of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation: the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Charitable Foundation, ArtsSmarts, Bruyère Foundation, CHEO Foundation, Debra Dynes Family House, Ottawa Humane Society, and the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research. In 1998, festival co-founder Warren Creates brought the idea of a pledge challenge to the board of directors, resulting in a fundraising campaign with paddlers collecting pledges while participating in the festival. To date, the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation has raised about $3 million in support of 29 charities.
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May 2, 1936 - March 30, 2013
Middletown, NY
Lois Ann Vance, a former longtime resident of Middletown, NY, died on March 30, 2013 at her home at Wolf Lake. She was 76.
She was the daughter of the late Arthur F. and Sophie Zowaski Schneider, born on May 2, 1936 in Middletown, NY. She was the widow of Ronald Vance.
Survivors include her children: Veronica Ann Tobin of Milford, PA, Ronald J. Vance of Suffern, NY, Victoria Felton of Woodridge, NY, Dean A. Vance (Donna), Randy Vance, Vernon Vance (Toniann), all of Middletown, NY; her 12 grandchildren: Thomas Smith, Kayla Felton, John Felton, Joseph Cascino, Brian Vance, Rachel Vance, James Vance, Maranda Vance, Matthew Vance, Troy Vance, Connor Vance, Jenna Vance; her two great-grandchildren: Xavier Curry and Arria (Whipple) Felton. Lois is further survived by her sister, Renee P. Schneider and her nephew, Derrick Schneider of Colorado, as well as several cousins.
A family statement reads: "We would like to thank the Hospice nurses and aides for their care of mom and making her comfortable during their time with her."
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4th, at the Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home, Inc., 72 West Main St., Middletown. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday April 5th, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Wallkill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550.
Arrangements are by Ralston-Lippincott-Hasbrouck-Ingrassia Funeral Home, Inc., Middletown, NY 845-343-6023 or www.ocfuneralhomes.com .


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Monthly news releases regarding labor conditions in Kansas are made as the information becomes available. They include the most recent labor force, industry employment, hours and earnings and unemployment insurance information available at the time.
Note: Statistics are revised monthly; previous editions of the news releases have not been updated to include the most recent statistics.
The responsibility for the estimation of State and metropolitan statistical area data for the Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment series transitioned from the Kansas Department of Labor; Labor Market Information Services Division to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) effective with the production of the March 2011 preliminary estimates.
With this transition, the BLS has implemented several methodological changes to standardize the estimation approach across states. While these changes will reduce the potential for statistical bias in state and metropolitan area estimates, they may increase the month-to-month variability of the estimates.
More detailed information on the changes to procedures for producing CES estimates is available on the BLS website at BLS Procedure Changes